Hypertext Webster Gateway: "intolerance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Intolerance \In*tol"er*ance\, n. [L. intolerantia impatience,
unendurableness: cf. F. intol['e]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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
intolerance
n 1: impatience with annoyances: "his intolerance of
interruptions"
2: unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in
opinions or beliefs [ant: {tolerance}]
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