intolerance

Meaning

1. (uncountable) The state of being intolerant.
2. (countable) Extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; of a food that is generally considered edible, an individual inability to digest it.

Synonyms

impatience

narrow-mindedness

bigotry

illiberality

narrowness

jealousy

envy

implacability

implacableness

intransigence

irritation

hypersensitivity

lability

favoritism

delusion

oversensitiveness

partiality

pettiness

prejudice

uneasiness

unfairness

lack of self-control

non-forbearance

Translations

intolérance

intolleranza

intolerancia

intolerância

Intoleranz

μισαλλοδοξία

intolerància

αδιαλλαξία

insofferenza

Unverträglichkeit

تعصب

Unduldsamkeit

التعصّب

étroit

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/

Etymology

From French intolérance, from Latin intolerantia.
Morphologically in- + tolerance.