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English Dictionary: Intolerance by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intolerance
n
  1. impatience with annoyances; "his intolerance of interruptions"
  2. unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs
    Antonym(s): tolerance
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Intolerance \In*tol"er*ance\, n. [L. intolerantia impatience,
      unendurableness: cf. F. intol[82]rance.]
      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.
  
                     These few restrictions, I hope, are no great
                     stretches of intolerance, no very violent exertions
                     of despotism.                                    --Burke.
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