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intolerance
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in·tol·er·ance  (n-tlr-ns)
n.
1. The quality or condition of being intolerant; lack of tolerance.
2. Medicine Extreme sensitivity or allergy to a drug, food, or other substance: lactose intolerance.

Intolerance 
  1. Bigotry … it’s like putting your elbows on the table. You know you’re not supposed to. But there’s that instinct —Bonnie Currie, New York Times, January 24, 1986
  2. Closed as a bigot’s mind —Anon
  3. Intolerance itself is a form of egoism —George Santayana

    Santayana elaborates on his comparison of intolerance to egoism as follows: “And to condemn egoism intolerantly is to share it.”

  4. Intolerant as a sinner newly turned saint —Anon
  5. The mind of the bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour upon it, the more it will contract —Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr
  6. Prejudice is as a mist, which in our journey through the world often dims the brightest and obscures the best of all the good and glorious objects that meet us on our way —Anthony Ashley Cooper
  7. Prejudices … are like rats, and men’s minds are like traps; prejudices get in easily, but it is doubtful if they ever get out —Lord Francis Jeffrey
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.intolerance - impatience with annoyances; "his intolerance of interruptions"
impatience - a dislike of anything that causes delay
2.intolerance - unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs
attitude, mental attitude - a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun"
narrow-mindedness, narrowness - an inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking behavior
bigotry, dogmatism - the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot
fanaticism, fanatism, zealotry - excessive intolerance of opposing views
religionism - exaggerated religious zealotry
zero tolerance - extreme intolerance of antisocial behavior (usually by an uncompromising application of the law); "he urged zero tolerance for priests who abuse children sexually"
tolerance - willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others

intolerance
Translations
intolerance [ɪnˈtɒlərəns] N (gen) → intolerancia f; (= bigotry) → intransigencia f (Med) → intolerancia f (to, of a) food intoleranceintolerancia f a los alimentos
intolerance [ɪnˈtɒlərəns] nintolérance f
intolerance
n
Intoleranz f(of gegenüber)
(esp Med) → Überempfindlichkeit f(to, of gegen)
intolerance [ɪnˈtɒlərns] nintolleranza


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