Meanings
plural intolerances
- uncountableThe state of being intolerant.First known use 1765
Religious intolerance is a serious problem in Brazil.
1 more example
By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.
1921, Ben Travers, chapter 4, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC - countablemedicineExtreme sensitivity to a food or drug; of a food that is generally considered edible, an individual inability to digest it.First known use the 20th c.
lactose intolerance
Synonyms & antonyms
noununwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinintolerantia“insolence, insufferableness; (very rare) intolerance”
- Frenchintolérance
- Englishintolerance
Borrowed from French intolérance, itself from in- (“not”) + tolérance or borrowed from Latin intolerantia (“insolence, insufferableness; (very rare) intolerance”). By surface analysis, in- + tolerance.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian нетърпимост, нетолерантност
- нетърпимост (netărpimost)the state of being intolerant
- нетолерантност (netolerantnost)the state of being intolerant
- алергия (alergija)extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
- нетърпимост (netărpimost)extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
Catalan intolerància
- intolerànciathe state of being intolerant
Chinese Mandarin 不寬容 /不宽容
- 不寬容 /不宽容 (bù kuānróng)the state of being intolerant
Czech nesnášenlivost
- nesnášenlivostthe state of being intolerant
Dutch onverdraagzaamheid, intolerantie
- onverdraagzaamheidthe state of being intolerant
- intolerantiethe state of being intolerant
- intolerantieextreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
Finnish suvaitsemattomuus, intoleranssi
- suvaitsemattomuusthe state of being intolerant
- intoleranssithe state of being intolerant
- intoleranssiextreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
French intolérance
- intolérancethe state of being intolerant
German Intoleranz, Intoleranz
- Intoleranzthe state of being intolerant
- Intoleranzextreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
Hindi असहिष्णुता
- असहिष्णुता (ashiṣṇutā)the state of being intolerant
Hungarian intolerancia, türelmetlenség
- intoleranciathe state of being intolerant
- türelmetlenségthe state of being intolerant
- intoleranciaextreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
Icelandic umburðarleysi, óþol
- umburðarleysithe state of being intolerant
- óþolextreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
Indonesian intoleransi
- intoleransithe state of being intolerant
Irish éadulaingt
- éadulaingtthe state of being intolerant
Italian intolleranza, intolleranza
- intolleranzathe state of being intolerant
- intolleranzaextreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
Japanese 不寛容
- 不寛容 (fukan'yō)the state of being intolerant
Latin intolerantia
- intolerantiathe state of being intolerant
Malay intolerans
- intoleransthe state of being intolerant
Norwegian Bokmål intoleranse, intoleranse
- intoleransethe state of being intolerant
- intoleranseextreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
Polish nietolerancja, nietolerancja
- nietolerancjathe state of being intolerant
- nietolerancjaextreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
Portuguese intolerância, intolerância
- intolerânciathe state of being intolerant
- intolerânciaextreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
Romanian intoleranță, intoleranță
- intoleranțăthe state of being intolerant
- intoleranțăextreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
Russian нетерпи́мость
- нетерпи́мость (neterpímostʹ)the state of being intolerant
Spanish intolerancia, intolerancia
- intoleranciathe state of being intolerant
- intoleranciaextreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
Swedish intolerans, intolerans
- intoleransthe state of being intolerant
- intoleransextreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
Ukrainian нетерпи́мість
- нетерпи́мість (neterpýmistʹ)the state of being intolerant
Cite this entry
intolerance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intolerance
“intolerance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intolerance. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intolerance,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intolerance.
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