as in disdain
open dislike for someone or something considered unworthy of one's concern or respect
an expression of total despisement for the "unwashed masses"
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Noun
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The administration’s actions also aren’t being met with universal disdain by Colorado politicians.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
13 Jan. 2026 -
The Bears pulled off a remarkable 31-27 victory in the NFC wild-card round, taking down their bitter rivals, and have made their disdain for the Packers well-known.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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Her lawyers say she also is entitled to at least a new sentencing hearing because Barrett based his sentence partially on a contempt conviction in a related case that the appeals court threw out last year.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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Because her aunts decide her mother is too poor to raise her children, Fanny, age ten, is delivered like a parcel to Mansfield Park where she is given a large prosperous family who treat her with varying levels of indifference and contempt.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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When Erika desires to celebrate with other fans in the city, tensions build during the match, and Erika becomes a target for misplaced hatred when the game takes a turn for the worse.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
10 Jan. 2026
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His loathing for totalitarianism was among the very few hatreds Reagan ever held, his biographer Edmund Morris said.—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Despisement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/despisement. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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