Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
impatience with annoyances;
- Example: "his intolerance of interruptions"2.
unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Intolerance \In*tol"er*ance\ ([i^]n*t[o^]l"[~e]r*ans), n. [L.
intolerantia impatience, unendurableness: cf. F.
intol['e]rance.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Lack of capacity to endure; as, intolerance of light.
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2. The quality of being intolerant; refusal to allow to
others the enjoyment of their opinions, chosen modes of
worship, and the like; lack of patience and forbearance;
illiberality; bigotry; as, intolerance shown toward a
religious sect.
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These few restrictions, I hope, are no great
stretches of intolerance, no very violent exertions
of despotism. --Burke.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
intolerance
n 1: impatience with annoyances; "his intolerance of
interruptions"
2: unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in
opinions or beliefs [ant: tolerance]