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- Dictionaryintolerance/ɪnˈtɒl(ə)rəns/
noun
- 1. unwillingness to accept views, beliefs, or behaviour that differ from one's own: "a struggle against religious intolerance" Similar
- 2. an inability to eat a food or take a drug without adverse effects: "avoiding cross-contamination is essential to people with gluten intolerance"
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INTOLERANCE definition: 1. the fact of refusing to accept ideas, beliefs, or behaviour that are different from your own…. Learn more.
The meaning of INTOLERANCE is the quality or state of being intolerant. How to use intolerance in a sentence.
INTOLERANT definition: 1. refusing to accept particular ideas, beliefs, behaviour, especially because they are different…. Learn more.
Intolerance definition: lack of tolerance; unwillingness or refusal to tolerate or respect opinions or beliefs contrary to one's own.. See examples of INTOLERANCE used in a sentence.
Intolerance — or an unwillingness to accept the beliefs or behavior of someone different from you — is not a quality you want to have. Intolerance is what leads to hate crimes and discrimination.
The meaning of INTOLERANT is unable or unwilling to endure. How to use intolerant in a sentence.
noun. /ɪnˈtɒlərəns/ /ɪnˈtɑːlərəns/ [uncountable, countable] (disapproving) the fact of not being willing to accept ideas or ways of behaving that are different from your own. religious intolerance. intolerance of minorities. intolerance for somebody/something a basic intolerance for other people and their culture.
/ɪnˈtɒlərənt/ /ɪnˈtɑːlərənt/ intolerant (of somebody/something) (disapproving) not willing to accept ideas or ways of behaving that are different from your own opposite tolerant. She was intolerant of others who were less efficient than her. He was deeply intolerant of all opposition. Topics Personal qualities c1. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
Intolerant refers to an active refusal to allow others to have or put into practice beliefs different from one's own: intolerant in politics; intolerant of other customs. Bigoted is to be so emotionally or subjectively attached to one's own belief as to be hostile to all others: a bigoted person.
noun. 1. lack of toleration; unwillingness or refusal to tolerate or respect contrary opinions or beliefs, persons of different races or backgrounds, etc. 2. incapacity or indisposition to bear or endure. intolerance to heat. 3. abnormal sensitivity or allergy to a food, drug, etc. 4. an intolerant act.
