as in to disdain
to show contempt for
arrogant critics who contemn the general public's taste in art
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Recent Examples of contemn
Consequently, the Sadrists were contemned and discounted by Iraq’s liberal elite who form the core of the ICP.
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Benedict Robin, Washington Post, 7 June 2018
Benedict Robin, Washington Post, 7 June 2018
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As a student at The John Carroll School, Paula Etting disdained public office.Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 17 Aug. 2024
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Good free-market neoliberals had historically disdained this idea, believing government attempts to meddle in the economy would have bad results.Andrew Prokop, Vox, 15 Oct. 2024
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Louis can hate himself for the rest of his life very easily without the help of anyone else.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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The history that made us into creatures capable of coöperation also gave us the capacity to hate one another in the aggregate, to draw sharp lines dividing the in-group from the out-group.Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Some readers appreciated the disclosure while others felt the introduction disrespected Gary Gygax, the person cited as the main creative force behind Dungeons & Dragons.Rob Wieland, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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Following the comment, many country music fans took to social media, expressing confusion and anger over the remark, which some interpreted as disrespecting Shaboozey.Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 24 Nov. 2024
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White argues that the crypto industry has become a re-creation of much of what its original ideology claimed to despise.Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
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Beatles ’64 captures how widely the band was despised at the time by the adult establishment, from Bob Hope to the British Embassy.Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2024
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Republicans and a potential Democratic primary rivals for Hochul quickly scorned the plan as a political gimmick and a weak solution to a big problem.Chris McKenna, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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Even high-ranking German politicians have scorned the Senate’s plan.Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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The altercation started with Banks dissing Charli XCX (though really dissing Weho gays), and somehow ended with Healy threatening to slap Banks and Banks threatening to sue Healy.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2024
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How to get Apple Music Replay As a collective, Apple Music listeners flocked to pop princesses and diss tracks this year, awarding Sabrina Carpenter and Kendrick Lamar top slots on the charts.Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Contemn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contemn. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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