derision
[dih-rizh-uh n]
- ridicule; mockery: The inept performance elicited derision from the audience.
- an object of ridicule.
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Origin of derision
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Contemporary Examples
Foss occasionally supplied pulpits in Baltimore and its suburbs, to the derision of the Herald agnostics.
And the omission or derision of dads in the parent (aka “mommy”) blogosphere is a perennial pet peeve.
This version is still being greeted with derision and genuine concern by various parents who oppose mandatory vaccination.
When he gave interviews to the press, he was often quoted talking about his native country with derision.
Most objects of Internet derision only remain interesting for a day or two, tops.
Historical Examples
We could look for no response but laughs of derision or the missiles of a mob.
The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII)John Greenleaf Whittier
It alternates with derision, and is compatible with contempt.
Soon after, the mighty menaces of Caligula against them ended in mockery and derision.
Tacitus on GermanyTacitus
I said this was not friendship, but a slavery, which was the derision of the Court.
The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, CompleteElizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans
Then there was an explosion of derision and contempt among the men of Beaudoin's company.
The DownfallEmile Zola
derision
- the act of deriding; mockery; scorn
- an object of mockery or scorn
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Word Origin
C15: from Late Latin dērīsiō, from Latin dērīsus; see deride
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Word Origin and History for derision
n.
c.1400, from Old French derision "derision, mockery" (13c.), from Latin derisionem (nominative derisio), noun of action from past participle stem of deridere "ridicule," from de- "down" (see de-) + ridere "to laugh."
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