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English noun: contemptuousness

1. contemptuousness (attribute) the manifestation of scorn and contempt


SamplesEvery subordinate sensed his contemptuousness and hated him in return.


Broader (hypernym)arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness









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