meaning of intolerance
1. Want of capacity to endure; as, intolerance of light.
2. The quality of being intolerant; refusal to allow to others the enjoyment of their opinions, chosen modes of worship, and the like; want of patience and forbearance; illiberality; bigotry; as, intolerance shown toward a religious sect.
3. impatience with annoyances; "his intolerance of
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