intolerance
UK/ɪnˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns//ɪnˈtɑ.lə.ɹəns/
intolerance noun: the state of being intolerant.
Noun
intolerance (countable and uncountable, plural intolerances)
- The state of being intolerant.
- Religious intolerance is a serious problem in Brazil.
- By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.1921, Ben Travers, chapter 4, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC
- Extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; of a food that is generally considered edible, an individual inability to digest it.
- lactose intolerance
intolerance meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
intolerance in Hindi
- the state of being intolerant
- असहिष्णुता ashiṣṇutā
intolerance in Tamil
- சகியாமை
intolerance in Marathi
- असहिष्णुता, असहिष्णुतेला
intolerance in Urdu
- تنگ خیالی
More languagesFewer languages
- intolerance in Bengali
- অক্ষমা ôkkhôma
- intolerance in Telugu
- అసహనం, అసహిష్ణుత
- intolerance in Malayalam
- അസഹിഷ്ണുത asahiṣṇuta
- intolerance in Kannada
- ಸಿಡಿಮಿಡಿ, ಅಸಹನೆ, ಸೈರಿಸದಿರುವಿಕೆ, ಅಸಹಿಷ್ಣುತೆ
- intolerance in Punjabi
- ਅਸਹਿਣਸ਼ੀਲਤਾ
- intolerance in Gujarati
- અસહિષ્ણુતા
- intolerance in Odia
- ଅସହିଷ୍ଣୁତା
- intolerance in Sanskrit
- अक्षान्ति akṣānti
- intolerance in Nepali
- असहिष्णुता, असहिष्णुताको
- intolerance in Malay
- intolerans
- intolerance in Indonesian
- intoleransi
Examples of intolerance in a sentence
- We are not so inclusivist as to tolerate intolerance such as yours.
- Etatism is inherently oppressive and expansionist, breeding monism, intolerance, and hostility.
- Lactose intolerance is common among people of Asian heritage.
Forms of intolerance
| plural | intolerances |
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Origin of intolerance
Borrowed from French intolérance, itself from in- (“not”) + tolérance or borrowed from Latin intolerantia (“insolence, insufferableness; (very rare) intolerance”). By surface analysis, in- + tolerance.
Words formed from intolerance
Phrases with intolerance
Questions about intolerance
- What does intolerance mean?
- Intolerance means the state of being intolerant.
- What is intolerance in Hindi?
- Intolerance in Hindi is असहिष्णुता (ashiṣṇutā). See Intolerance meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is intolerance?
- Intolerance is a noun.
- How do you pronounce intolerance?
- Intolerance is pronounced /ɪnˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/ (UK).
- What is the plural of intolerance?
- The plural of intolerance is intolerances.
Words near intolerance in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: intolerance (page history and authors); intolerance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intolerance (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); intolerance (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অক্ষমা (Bengali) (page history and authors); intolerance (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); intolerance (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intolerance (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); intolerance (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); intolerance (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); intolerance (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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