disdainfulness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disdainfulness
Noun
  • Professional arrogance, that is, that pushed Atkinson to exceed everybody’s expectations … except his own.
    Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • True to his overconfidence-bordering-on-arrogance nature, new intern Wes earlier in the episode did not follow instructions and attended to patients without permission.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • However, in the wrong hands, being silent can signal disdain and superciliousness.
    Matteo Atti, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The song’s use of the native language is part of a longer tradition in Taiwan of dissent and self-assertion.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Saturn has been transiting the first few degrees of Aries since May 24, bringing fresh momentum to themes surrounding our identity, autonomy and self-assertion.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • However, hubris began to set in, not least in the form of the four solo albums the band released simultaneously in September of 1978.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
  • While an obvious take on the classic hubris narrative — the subtitle kinda gives the game away — Frankenstein also explores the nature of scientific ethics.
    Big Think, Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Roberts performs as Yale philosophy Professor Alma, the self-righteousness that dazzles in her eyes subjugates Edebiri as Maggie, her self-effacing star pupil.
    Malik Peay, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Such comparisons are too easily drawn, with too much self-righteousness, as though the guilt for what was done to the Jews could be lightened just a little by likening them to their own murderers.
    Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • At the same time, every individual is entitled to the presumption of innocence unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
    Christina Hall, Freep.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The damage is less to the defendant than to old-fashioned notions about the presumption of innocence and the imperative of preserving an impartial and independent Department of Justice.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Disdainfulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disdainfulness. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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