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intolerance Definition

in·tol·er·ance (in tälər əns)

noun

  1. lack of tolerance, esp. of others' opinions, beliefs, etc.; bigotry
  2. an allergy or sensitivity to some food, medicine, etc.

Etymology: L intolerantia

intolerance Synonyms

intolerance

n.

  1. Lack of willingness to tolerate

    bigotry, dogmatism, narrow-mindedness; see fanaticism, prejudice.

  2. 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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