derision

See also dérision

English

Etymology

From Old French derision, from Latin derisionem (action of deridere).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪʒən

Noun

derision (uncountable)

1. Act of treating with disdain.
   • 2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, Guardian:

     One of the darlings of the early vegetarian movement (particularly in its even sadder form, the cutlet), it was on the menu at John Harvey Kellogg's Battle Creek Sanitarium [sic], and has since become the default Sunday option for vegetarians – and a default source of derision for everyone else.

   • 1969, Mario Puzo, The Godfather:

     There was just a touch of derision in the Don's voice and Hagen flushed.

Related terms

• deride
• derider
• ridicule
• ridiculous
• ridiculosity

Translations

act of treating with contempt

Armenian: ծաղր (hy) (çaġr) Bulgarian: присмиване (bg) n., осмиване (bg) n. Finnish: iva (fi), pilkka (fi) French: dérision (fr)

Hungarian: kinevetés (hu), kigúnyolás (hu), kicsúfolás (hu) Italian: derisione (it) f. Polish: wyszydzenie n., szyderstwo n. Russian: высмеивание (ru) n.

External links

• derision in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• derision in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• ironised