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Webster 1913 Edition

Intolerance

In-tol′er-ance

(ĭn-tŏl′ẽr-ans)
,
Noun.
[L.
intolerantia
impatience, unendurableness: cf. F.
intolérance
.]
1.
Lack 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; lack 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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Intolerance

INTOL'ERANCE

,
Noun.
[from intolerant.] Want of toleration; the not enduring at all or not suffering to exist without persecution; as the intolerance of a prince or a church towards a religious sect.

Definition 2024

intolérance

intolérance

See also: intolerance

French

Noun

intolérance f ‎(plural intolérances)

  1. intolerance

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