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intolerance

noun
/ɪnˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/UK/ɪnˈtɑ.lə.ɹəns/US/ɪnˈtɔl.ə.ɹəns/

Etymology

Borrowed from French intolérance, itself from in- (“not”) + tolérance or borrowed from Latin intolerantia (“insolence, insufferableness; (very rare) intolerance”). By surface analysis, in- + tolerance.

  1. derived from intolerantia
  2. borrowed from intolérance

Definitions

  1. The state of being intolerant.

    • Religious intolerance is a serious problem in Brazil.

  2. Extreme sensitivity to a food or drug

    Extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; of a food that is generally considered edible, an individual inability to digest it.

    • lactose intolerance

The neighborhood

Derived

heat intolerance, lactose intolerance, systemic exertion intolerance disease

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for intolerance. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA