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pseudotolerant

pseudotolerant adjective: apparently but not actually tolerant; faking a tolerant attitude.

Adjective

pseudotolerant (comparative more pseudotolerant, superlative most pseudotolerant)

  1. Apparently but not actually tolerant; faking a tolerant attitude.
  2. Requiring an increased dose of a drug for reasons other than one's body having come to tolerate the existing dose.

Forms of pseudotolerant

comparativemore pseudotolerant
superlativemost pseudotolerant

Origin of pseudotolerant

From pseudo- + tolerant.

Questions about pseudotolerant

What does pseudotolerant mean?
Pseudotolerant means apparently but not actually tolerant; faking a tolerant attitude.
What part of speech is pseudotolerant?
Pseudotolerant is an adjective.

Words near pseudotolerant in the dictionary

  1. pseudotime
  2. pseudotimes
  3. pseudotirolitid
  4. pseudotirolitids
  5. pseudotolerance
  6. pseudotolerant
  7. pseudotooth
  8. pseudotopaz
  9. pseudotorticollis
  10. pseudotrabecular
  11. pseudotrachea

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