intolerability
- noun
- /ɪnˌtɒlərəˈbɪləti/
- The intolerability of the noise made it impossible for him to concentrate.
Examples
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While proponents of slavery also employed the analogy between worker and slave, socialists did so to emphasize the intolerability of wage labor.
Academic text (2018) -
It'll be the intolerability of continuing in this way.
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"He had a knack for intolerability, Captain," Mon protested.
Fiction book (1999) -
The intolerability of the situation forced her to make a difficult decision.
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Many people protested against the intolerability of living conditions in the city.
Synonyms
A behavior that people find morally wrong or offensive
A quality that makes pain or trouble very hard to stand
A situation that is too hard to imagine or accept
A quality of being hard to accept in your mind or feelings
An idea or decision that is hard to accept
Antonyms
How Acceptable
Surface Forms
Morphology
intolerability = intolerable (transparent) = in + toler + able + ity
This is a regular noun formation from the adjective 'intolerable' meaning the state or quality of being intolerable.
Etymology
Intolerability comes from the common verb tolerate (from an old Latin word meaning 'to bear') and the in- part meaning 'not'. So intolerability is the state of being 'not able to bear' something, which is why we use it for things you cannot accept or endure.