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derision
noun
contemptuous
ridicule
or
mockery
:
あざけり, 嘲笑, 愚弄
e.g.
my stories were greeted with derision and disbelief.
PHRASES
hold in derision
archaic
regard with mockery.
DERIVATIVES
derisible
|-ˈrizəbəl| adjective
ORIGIN
late
Middle English
: via
Old French
from late
Latin
derisio(n-)
, from
deridere
‘
scoff
at’.