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Webster 1913 Edition
Derision
1.
The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule.
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in
derision
. Ps. ii. 4.
Satan beheld their plight,
And to his mates thus in
And to his mates thus in
derision
called. Milton.
2.
An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock.
Syn. – Scorn; mockery; contempt; insult; ridicule.
Webster 1828 Edition
Derision
DERISION
, n.1.
The act of laughing at in contempt.2.
Contempt manifested by laughter; scorn.I am in derision daily. Jer. 20.
3.
An object of derision or contempt; a laughing-stock.I was a derision to all my people. Lam 3.
Definition 2024
derision
derision
See also: dérision
English
Noun
derision (countable and uncountable, plural derisions)
- Act of treating with disdain.
- 2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in Guardian:
- 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.
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Related terms
Translations
act of treating with contempt
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External links
- derision in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- derision in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911