INTOLERANCE
Dictionary entry overview: What does intolerance mean?
• INTOLERANCE (noun)
The noun INTOLERANCE has 2 senses:
1. impatience with annoyances
2. unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs
Familiarity information: INTOLERANCE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INTOLERANCE (noun)
Meaning:
Impatience with annoyances
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
his intolerance of interruptions
Hypernyms ("intolerance" is a kind of...):
impatience (a dislike of anything that causes delay)
Meaning:
Unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("intolerance" is a kind of...):
attitude; mental attitude (a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intolerance"):
narrow-mindedness; narrowness (an inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking behavior)
bigotry; dogmatism (the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot)
fanaticism; fanatism; zealotry (excessive intolerance of opposing views)
religionism (exaggerated religious zealotry)
zero tolerance (extreme intolerance of antisocial behavior (usually by an uncompromising application of the law))
Antonym:
tolerance (willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others)
