disdained

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Still, amid the delights of Mr. Koolhaas’s stair, there are reminders that he is part of the generation of Deconstructivist architects who disdained the profession’s traditional values of unity, harmony and stability.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Planning is for weaklings, rational analysis is disdained, the amygdala and the gut replace the cerebral cortex.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

Its clunky and widely disdained Cybertruck is beginning to look like a lemon.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025

Part of the genius of the nonviolent Civil Rights Movement, which Johnson sometimes disdained but unquestionably drew power from, was that it made justice seem simple.

From Slate • May 19, 2025

It normally took years for a political prisoner to raise his status from D to C. We disdained the classification system.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela