单词 | self-tolerance |
释义 | > as lemmasself-tolerance self-tolerance n. Brit. /ˌsɛlfˈtɒl(ə)rəns/ , /ˌsɛlfˈtɒl(ə)rn̩s/ , U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈtɑl(ə)rəns/ (a) acceptance of one's own character, behaviour, or habits; (b) the failure to produce an immunological response to self-antigens.Also attributive. See self-antigen n.ΚΠ 1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. xiii. 263 Self-respect, self-tolerance, even, what are they. 1883 Spectator 6 Jan. 11/1 In England..there is amongst educated men hardly that easy self-tolerance which is the first condition of an amused life. 1902 W. D. Howells Kentons xvi. 185 She..would sit cold and blank to his civilities, and have to be skilfully and gradually talked back to self-respect and self-tolerance. 1962 F. Karush in A. A. Gellhorn & E. Hirschberg Basic Probl. in Neoplastic Dis. iv. 208 A reasonable extracellular interpretation of this important phenomenon, i.e., self-tolerance, can be suggested consistent with these theories. 1972 Jrnl. Relig. & Health 11 164 Luther himself probably provides the supreme example of recovery from depression correlated with a modification of religious attitudes toward greater self-tolerance and less emphasis on sinfulness. 1996 Toronto Star (Nexis) 10 Nov. e7 When self-tolerance fails, the immune system mounts an attack on its own healthy cells. 2014 Daily Mail (Nexis) 28 July This love/hate relationship recently developed from one of indulgent self-tolerance to deep annoyance. < as lemmas |
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