intolerance
intolerance
Definition
in·tol·er·ance (in täl′ər əns)
noun
- lack of tolerance, esp. of others' opinions, beliefs, etc.; bigotry
- an allergy or sensitivity to some food, medicine, etc.
Etymology: L intolerantia
intolerance
Synonyms
intolerance
n.
Lack of willingness to tolerate
bigotry, dogmatism, narrow-mindedness; see fanaticism, prejudice.An example of intolerance, sense 1
racism, chauvinism, superpatriotism, religious fanaticism, provincialism, class prejudice, sexism, ageism, classism, sectionalism, regionalism, nationalism, fascism, imperialism, xenophobia; see also jingoism, prejudice.
intolerance
Usage Examples
Possessives
- cow: Cow's milk may lead to constipation by two distinct modes of action: cow's milk intolerance or cow 's milk allergy.
Converse of object
- tolerate: You have to tolerate intolerance, otherwise you are no better than they are.
- preach: Are we happy to allow the Ku Klux Klan to preach racial intolerance?
- inherit: Have you an inherited intolerance to fructose or related conditions?
- breed: Thus this project argues that far from breeding intolerance, realism is actually required for tolerance to be present.
- grow: With increasing appreciation of quality of use, we anticipate growing intolerance of poor quality of use in all domains of human computer interaction.
Adjective modifier
- lactose: Milk intolerance in breastfed babies Lactose intolerance can mean your baby reacts badly to formula or breast milk.
- racial: Do not post comments which are likely to incite religious or racial intolerance of any sort.
- religious: It is Christianity which brought religious intolerance into the world.
- hereditary: MicardisPlus is therefore unsuitable for patients with hereditary fructose intolerance.
- dietary: Any symptom or disease affecting any of these organ systems could be caused by a dietary intolerance.
- cold: A frequent complaint is of cold intolerance especially in the affected limb.
Modifies a noun
- symptom: Milk substitutes such as sheep and soya milk can still cause intolerance symptoms.
- reaction: There are such a wide range of types of allergic and intolerance reactions, I think each individual is different.
Noun used with modifier
- lactose: Persons with lactose intolerance should never use goat's milk.
- galactose: Patients with rare hereditary problems of galactose intolerance should not take this medicine.
- gluten: Gluten intolerance, or coeliac disease, is a lifelong disease, which is caused by sensitivity to gluten.
- fructose: Patients with rare hereditary problems of fructose intolerance should not take this medicine.
- glucose: They then fail to use blood glucose properly and glucose intolerance develops.
- wheat: Our aim is to make sure that anyone with wheat intolerance can eat the same range of dishes they used to.
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