derision
IPA: dɝˈɪʒʌn
noun
- Act of treating with disdain.
- Something to be derided; a laughing stock.
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Examples of "derision" in Sentences
- The derision does not bother me.
- He was facing the world's derision.
- The explanation was subject to national derision.
- The Portuguese reacted with derision, and refused.
- By 1975, the car was the butt of jokes and derision.
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