derision

See also: dérision

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈɹɪʒən/
• Rhymes: -ɪʒən

Noun

derision ‎(countable and uncountable, plural derisions)

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

     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) ‎(całr)
• Bulgarian: присмиване (bg) n ‎(prismivane), осмиване (bg) n ‎(osmivane)
• Czech: posměch m, výsměch (cs) m, zesměšnění n
• Finnish: iva (fi), pilkka (fi)
• French: dérision (fr)
• German: Hohn (de) m, Spott (de) m, Verhöhnung f, Verspottung f, Gespött (de) n
• Hungarian: kinevetés, kigúnyolás (hu), kicsúfolás, kikacagás, megmosolygás
• Italian: derisione f

• Polish: wyszydzenie n, szyderstwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: menosprezo (pt) m
• Russian: высмеивание (ru) n ‎(vysmeivanije), насме́шка (ru) f ‎(nasméška), осмеяние (ru) n ‎(osmejanije)
• Spanish: irrisión f
• Swedish: hån (sv), förlöjligande (sv)
• Telugu: ఎగతాళి (te) ‎(egatāḷi)

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