derision
See also: dérision
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French derision, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin dērīsiōnem, accusative of dērīsiō, from dērīdēre ("to mock, to laugh at, to deride").
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɪʒən
Noun
derision (countable and uncountable, plural derisions)
- Act of treating with disdain.
- 1969, Mario Puzo, The Godfather:
- There was just a touch of derision in the Don's voice and Hagen flushed.
- 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.
- Something to be derided; a laughing stock.
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 14:
- Miss Briggs was not formally dismissed, but her place as companion was a sinecure and a derision […]
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 14:
Related terms
Translations
act of treating with contempt
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Further reading
- “derision”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “derision”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.