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   disdain

   /dɪsˈdeɪn/

   noun

   • 1. the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect: "her upper lip curled in disdain"

   verb

   • 1. consider to be unworthy of one's consideration: "he disdained his patients as an inferior rabble" Similar scornderidepour scorn onregard with contemptshow contempt forbe contemptuous aboutsneer atsniff atcurl one's lip atpooh-poohlook down onbelittleundervalueslightdespiseinformal:look down one's nose atturn up one's nose atthumb one's nose atarchaic:contemnrare:misprizeOpposite respectvalue
   • ▪ refuse to do (something) from feelings of pride or superiority: "she remained standing, pointedly disdaining his invitation to sit down" Similar spurnrejectrefuserebuffdisregardignoresnubdeclineturn downbrush asideOpposite accept

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French desdeign (noun), desdeignier (verb), based on Latin dedignari, from de- (expressing reversal) + dignari ‘consider worthy’ (from dignus ‘worthy’).

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2. www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk › article › laboursLabour’s non-Zionist Jews complain of ‘disdain’

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   1 day ago · Jenny Manson similarly told MEE her treatment in the party has felt “like antisemitism, whether or not it is under any definition. “I do feel like I’ve experienced disdain, contempt and dislike as a Jew in Starmer’s Labour. I’ve been made to feel like I’m not a proper Jew. There is a cruelty to the treatment of many of us.”

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   1 day ago · Somehow, against all the odds, and despite my disdain, I discovered the beauty and the art of physiotherapy. I fell in love with physiotherapy, my version. Over the course of my now 27-year career, the best of clinical practice has been in small, human moments.

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   1 day ago · The Labour Party is on the cusp of taking power and its leader Keir Starmer is set to become prime minister. One of the defining features of his leadership has been his insistence that Labour is ...

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   1 day ago · Part 2 aims to formally define hate as “the emotion that involves detestation or vilification and that is stronger than disdain or dislike.” It adds that hate speech doesn’t apply to what merely offends or humiliates — and therefore, say critics, it could apply to anything unpopular.

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   4 days ago · Biden’s Age Was Clear From the First Step He Took Onstage. A handshake on a debate stage communicates mutual respect — if not between the candidates, then at least for the Americans watching ...

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   1 day ago · Susan Lucci shares her advice on aging gracefully, emphasizing the importance of not letting age define you. See the rare details here.

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   1 day ago · But the unfortunat­e overlappin­g of the 2024 General Election campaign with this year’s Pride Month has created a beast altogether more toxic. During a month in which LGBTQ+ people would traditiona­lly celebrate past civil victories, instead we have been the relentless focus of aggressive and expedient disdain.