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derision
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[dɪˈrɪʒn], (Noun)
Definitions:
- contemptuous ridicule or mockery
(e.g: my stories were greeted with derision and disbelief)
Phrases:
- hold in derision
Origin
:
late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin derisio(n-), from deridere ‘scoff at’
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