as in disdain
open dislike for someone or something considered unworthy of one's concern or respect
an expression of total despisement for the "unwashed masses"
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Noun
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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
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Five years later, the architects of the Covid Era’s lockdown insanity deserve only our contempt.—
Jeffrey Blehar,
National Review,
13 Mar. 2025
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Anyone who doesn’t respect the order could be found in contempt of court.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Democrats, blinded by their hatred of him, have ignored this.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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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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