derision
Example Sentences
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As Mr. Gennari reminds us, “this was vitally important cultural work at a time when jazz was still an object of widespread derision, devaluation, and misunderstanding.”
That drew near-universal hoots of online derision, with the anti-monarchy group Republic declaring that in a democracy, the head of state should pledge himself to his subjects, not the other way around.
From Los Angeles Times
His claims of success for the Iraq war mission are now easy grounds for derision.
From Salon
There are also LGBTQ+ members with children who have faced derision and been told that children at large need to be protected from their community.
From Seattle Times
Musk's vow to democratize Twitter by offering verification to anyone willing to pay for a Twitter Blue subscription would rewind it back to that era, only now with the grand bonus of derision and blocking.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
