n. The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The quality of being impatient; lack of endurance of pain, suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or for something expected; restlessness; chafing of spirit; fretfulness; passion.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The state or character of lacking patience; restlessness under existing conditions; eager desire for relief or change.
n. Intolerance of anything that thwarts or hinders; passionate vehemence; in a milder sense, quickness of temper; touchiness.
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n. a restless desire for change and excitement
n. a dislike of anything that causes delay
n. a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
Word Usage
"Nor do I think that this impatience is necessarily "in step" with right-wing cultural values."