derision
pronunciation
How to pronounce derision in British English:
UK [dɪˈrɪʒn]
How to pronounce derision in American English:
US [dɪˈrɪʒn]
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- Noun:
- contemptuous laughter
- the act of deriding or treating with contempt
Word Origin
- derision (n.)
- c. 1400, from Old French derision "derision, mockery" (13c.), from Latin derisionem (nominative derisio), noun of action from past participle stem of deridere "ridicule," from de- "down" (see de-) + ridere "to laugh."
Example
- 1. Another factor that often leads to exclusion and derision is fear .
- 2. The third way died in vacuity and derision .
- 3. Increasingly , the niches are being defended with services , in this context not the term of derision it often is in manufacturing circles .
- 4. Professor hargadon gets closest to this point when he writes that most successful innovative labs consciously try to reduce people 's exposure to the highly personal derision and rebuke that is common in innovation cultures .
- 5. He gave a snort of derision .