Meaning & use
intolerance
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Unwillingness to accept views, beliefs, or practices that differ from one's own; also, an inability of the body to tolerate a substance.
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The community was praised for its lack of religious intolerance.
His doctor diagnosed a lactose intolerance after months of stomach trouble.
A note on using this word
Distinguish the social sense, rejecting differing beliefs, from the medical sense, the body reacting badly to a food or substance.
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