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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪˈɹɪʒən/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-derision.wav Forms: derisions [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪʒən Etymology: From Old French derision, from Latin dērīsiōnem, accusative of dērīsiō, from dērīdēre ("to mock, to laugh at, to deride"). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|derision}} Old French derision, {{uder|en|la|dērīsiōnem}} Latin dērīsiōnem Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} derision (countable and uncountable, plural derisions)
  1. Act of treating with disdain. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of treating with contempt): κατάγελως (katágelōs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), ծաղր (caġr) (Armenian), присмиване (prismivane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), осмиване (osmivane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), posměch [masculine] (Czech), výsměch [masculine] (Czech), zesměšnění [neuter] (Czech), iva (Finnish), pilkka (Finnish), dérision (French), Hohn [masculine] (German), Spott [masculine] (German), Verhöhnung [feminine] (German), Verspottung [feminine] (German), Gespött [neuter] (German), kinevetés (Hungarian), kigúnyolás (Hungarian), kicsúfolás (Hungarian), kikacagás (Hungarian), megmosolygás (Hungarian), derisione [feminine] (Italian), dērīsiō [feminine] (Latin), мунѕа (mundza) [feminine] (Macedonian), പരിഹാസം (parihāsaṁ) (Malayalam), Spott [masculine] (Plautdietsch), wyszydzenie [neuter] (Polish), szyderstwo [neuter] (Polish), menosprezo [masculine] (Portuguese), высмеивание (vysmeivanije) [neuter] (Russian), насме́шка (nasméška) [feminine] (Russian), осмеяние (osmejanije) [neuter] (Russian), निद् (nid) [feminine] (Sanskrit), irrisión [feminine] (Spanish), hån (Swedish), förlöjligande (Swedish), ఎగతాళి (egatāḷi) (Telugu), alay (Turkish), висміювання (vysmijuvannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), насміхання (nasmixannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), посміх (posmix) [masculine] (Ukrainian), глузування (hluzuvannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
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  2. Something to be derided; a laughing stock. Tags: countable, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hold in derision Related terms: deride, derider, ridicule, ridiculous, ridiculosity

Inflected forms

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      "word": "derider"
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    {
      "word": "ridicule"
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      "word": "ridiculous"
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          "ref": "2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in Guardian:",
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "caġr",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "word": "ծաղր"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prismivane",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "присмиване"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "osmivane",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "осмиване"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "posměch"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "výsměch"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "word": "iva"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "word": "pilkka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "word": "dérision"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hohn"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Spott"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verhöhnung"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Verspottung"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Gespött"
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "katágelōs",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "κατάγελως"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "word": "kinevetés"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "word": "kigúnyolás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "word": "kicsúfolás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "word": "kikacagás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "word": "megmosolygás"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "derisione"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dērīsiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mundza",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мунѕа"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "parihāsaṁ",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "word": "പരിഹാസം"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Spott"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wyszydzenie"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "szyderstwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "menosprezo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vysmeivanije",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "высмеивание"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nasméška",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "насме́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osmejanije",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "осмеяние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "nid",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "निद्"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "irrisión"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "word": "hån"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "word": "förlöjligande"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "egatāḷi",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "word": "ఎగతాళి"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "word": "alay"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vysmijuvannja",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "висміювання"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nasmixannja",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "насміхання"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "posmix",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "посміх"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hluzuvannja",
      "sense": "act of treating with contempt",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "глузування"
    }
  ],
  "word": "derision"
}

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