despisement

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for despisement
Noun
  • But, then, genuine misanthropic disdain is part of Verhoeven's tool kit.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Musk has long voiced disdain for Biden and notably was not invited to the administration's electric vehicle summit in 2021.
    Newsweek, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Five years later, the architects of the Covid Era’s lockdown insanity deserve only our contempt.
    Jeffrey Blehar, National Review, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Anyone who doesn’t respect the order could be found in contempt of court.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Democrats, blinded by their hatred of him, have ignored this.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Debra Messing, who has produced a new documentary on (horseshoe-theory) antisemitism called October 8, has been one of Hollywood’s few intensely admirable exceptions, calling out anti-Jewish hatred with a fierce constancy over the past 16 months.
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Despisement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/despisement. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.

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