derision.
Act of treating with disdain.
Meaning & usage
Act of treating with disdain.
Something to be derided; a laughing stock.
Where this word comes from
From Old French derision, from Latin dērīsiōnem, accusative of dērīsiō, from dērīdēre ("to mock, to laugh at, to deride").
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.