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OVERTOLERANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does overtolerance mean?
• OVERTOLERANCE (noun)
The noun OVERTOLERANCE has 1 sense:
1. too much permissiveness
Familiarity information: OVERTOLERANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Too much permissiveness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("overtolerance" is a kind of...):
permissiveness; tolerance (a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior)
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