meaning of intolerance?

Answer 1

An inability to accept others for what they are, so they are shunned and banished

Answer 2

Intolerance is the lack of ability or willingness to tolerate something.

Now may I offer an important note of caution. An erroneous assumption could be made that if a little of something is good, a lot must be better. Not so! Overdoses of needed medication can be toxic. Boundless mercy could oppose justice. So tolerance, without limit, could lead to spineless permissiveness.

The Lord drew boundary lines to define acceptable limits of tolerance. Danger rises when those divine limits are disobeyed. Just as parents teach little children not to run and play in the street, the Savior taught us that we need not tolerate evil. “Jesus went into the temple of God, and … and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers.” Though He loved the sinner, the Lord said that He “cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance.” His Apostle Paul specified some of those sins in a letter to the Galatians. The list included “adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

“Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, … wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

“Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like.”

To Paul’s list I might add the regrettable attitudes of bigotry, hypocrisy, and prejudice. I pray that “prejudices may give way before the truth.” Hatred stirs up strife and digs beneath the dignity of mature men and women in our enlightened era.

Real love for the sinner may compel courageous confrontation—not acquiescence! Real love does not support self-destructing behavior.

Our commitment to the Savior causes us to scorn sin yet heed His commandment to love our neighbors. Together we live on this earth, which is to be tended, subdued, and shared with gratitude. Each of us can help to make life in this world a more pleasant experience. “It is morally wrong for any person or group to deny anyone his or her inalienable dignity on the tragic and abhorrent theory of racial or cultural superiority.

All people everywhere should recommit themselves to the time-honored ideals of tolerance and mutual respect. I sincerely believe that as we acknowledge one another with consideration and compassion we will discover that we can all peacefully coexist despite our deepest differences.”

Together we may stand, intolerant of transgression but tolerant of neighbors with differences they hold sacred.

Answer 3

It can either mean not being able to physically handle something, like if you are lactose intolerant, it means your body can't take dairy products. It can also mean being particularly closed-minded or insensitive to a particular lifestyle, race, sex, etc. Like on Goldmember when Austin Powers' dad is intolerant of the Dutch, LOL.

Answer 4

Tolerate means to accept, stand, put up with. Intolerance means the opposite of that, and is generally considered to be a "bad thing". But who am I to "put up with" you? So tolerance has its question marks too.

Answer 5

in·tol·er·ance (n-tlr-ns)
NOUN:
The quality or condition of being intolerant; lack of tolerance.

Medicine Extreme sensitivity or allergy to a drug, food, or other substance: lactose intolerance.

in·tol·er·ant (n-tlr-nt)
ADJECTIVE:
Not tolerant, especially:
Unwilling to tolerate differences in opinions, practices, or beliefs, especially religious beliefs.

Opposed to the inclusion or participation of those different from oneself, especially those of a different racial, ethnic, or social background.

Unable or unwilling to endure or support: intolerant of interruptions; a community intolerant of crime.

Answer 6

intolerance is quite synonymous with POOR OR LESS RESISTANCE... ur defenses have gone out or are diminishing.

Answer 7

Not being able to handle something.
my body is intolerant to pennicillin. probably allergic, can't handle it!.

Answer 8

i do not know

Answer 9

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