INTOLERANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intolerance mean? 

• INTOLERANCE (noun)
  The noun INTOLERANCE has 2 senses:

1. impatience with annoyances

2. unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs

  Familiarity information: INTOLERANCE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTOLERANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Impatience with annoyances

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

his intolerance of interruptions

Hypernyms ("intolerance" is a kind of...):

impatience (a dislike of anything that causes delay)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("intolerance" is a kind of...):

attitude; mental attitude (a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intolerance"):

narrow-mindedness; narrowness (an inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking behavior)

bigotry; dogmatism (the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot)

fanaticism; fanatism; zealotry (excessive intolerance of opposing views)

religionism (exaggerated religious zealotry)

zero tolerance (extreme intolerance of antisocial behavior (usually by an uncompromising application of the law))

Antonym:

tolerance (willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others)

Derivation:

intolerant (unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion)

 Context examples 

It is usually an indication of diabetes mellitus or glucose intolerance.

(Hyperglycemia, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Comparison of these values against standardized results can be used in establishing the diagnosis of glucose intolerance or diabetes mellitus.

(Glucose Tolerance Test, NCI Thesaurus)

Congenital intolerance is inherited following an autosomal recessive pattern but is rare.

(Lactose Intolerance, NCI Thesaurus)

Lactose intolerance means that you cannot digest foods with lactose in them.

(Lactose Intolerance, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Causes of malabsorption syndromes include: • Celiac disease • Lactose intolerance • Short bowel syndrome • Whipple disease, a rare bacterial infection • Genetic diseases • Certain medicines

(Malabsorption Syndromes, NIH)

Carbohydrate intolerance first diagnosed during pregnancy.

(Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, NCI Thesaurus)

It results in myalgias, muscle cramping and stiffness, and exercise intolerance.

(Glycogen Storage Disease Type V, NCI Thesaurus)

Causes of diarrhea include bacteria, viruses or parasites, certain medicines, food intolerances and diseases that affect the stomach, small intestine or colon.

(Diarrhea, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Representative examples include diabetes mellitus, glycogen storage disease, mucopolysaccharidoses, and lactose intolerance.

(Carbohydrate Metabolism Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Lactose intolerance is very common in many parts of the world, and is caused in adults by a reduction in the enzyme that breaks lactose down into galactose and glucose in the intestine.

(Feeder Pathways for Glycolysis, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)