lowered intolerance threshold
English translation: increased intolerance
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|  Selected response from: Mark Nathan France Local time: 14:51 | ||||
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| 3 +4 | increased intolerance |
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| 5 | hearing threshold, intolerance threshold, and pain threshold |
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| 3 | lower something |
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30 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +4
peer agreement (net): +4increased intolerance Explanation: Logically, intolerance is the opposite of tolerance. If I have a high tolerance of sounds, it means it takes a lot to disturb me, if my tolerance is increased, it takes even more to disturb me, and if my tolerance is decreased, it takes less to disturb me. So conversely, if my intolerance is increased, it takes LESS to disturb me, and if my intolerance is reduced, it takes MORE to disturb me. However, the phrase here is "threshold for people's intolerance", i.e. the point at which something becomes intolerable. The implication is that if this is lowered, something becomes intolerable earlier/more quickly. Similarly, if the threshold at which something becomes intolerable is highered, you can tolerate more. Interestingly, with this threshold concept, it seems to me that it would mean the same if they had said "threshold for people's tolerance", because if raise the threshold of tolerance, people can tolerate more. I think the key is that the threshold AFTER which something becomes intolerable, is exactly the same as the threshold BEFORE which something is tolerable! I think it boils down to a usage thing, possibly in this field it is simply more common to say "threshold for intolerance", although you just as well say "threshold for intolerance". |
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