intolerant adj

1 unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion [ant: tolerant]

2 narrow-minded about cherished opinions [syn: illiberal]

English

Adjective

1. Unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear.
2. Not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas. indisposed to tolerate contrary opinions or beliefs; impatient of dissent or opposition; denying or refusing the right of private opinion or choice in others; inclined to persecute or suppress dissent.

Related terms

• intolerance
• intolerantly
• intolerate
• intoleration
• tolerance
• tolerant

Translations

References

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German

Adjective

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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