intolerance

1 impatience with annoyances; "his intolerance of interruptions"

2 unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs [ant: tolerance]

English

Noun

intolerance

1. the state of being intolerant
2. extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy

Antonyms

• tolerance

Translations

Intolerance is an antonym to "tolerance". The term may refer to one of the following.

In medical/biological context the term is commonly used synonymously with "sensitivity", e.g., "salycylate sensitivity", "cold sensitivity", etc.

• Drug intolerance
• Food intolerance
• Lactose intolerance
• Hereditary fructose intolerance
• Sucrose intolerance
• Lysinuric protein intolerance
• Citric acid intolerance
• Salicylate intolerance (also known as aspirin intolerance)
• Lysinuric protein intolerance
• Cold intolerance
• Orthostatic intolerance
• Exercise intolerance
• Religious intolerance
• Ethnic intolerance
• Ambiguity intolerance, a tendency to perceive ambiguity as a psychological discomfort
• Intolerance (film), a 1916 film by D.W. Griffith
• Intolerance, a song by Tool from their 1993 album Undertow

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