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contemnere and from con-
intensive prefix +
temnere "to slight, scorn";
contemptuous appeared in 1529.
Ekman and
Friesen (1986)
identified a
specific facial...
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being compensatory, at
common law
damages may
instead be nominal,
contemptuous or exemplary.
Among the Saxons, a
monetary value called a
weregild was...
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derogatory (critical or disrespectful),
pejorative (disapproving or
contemptuous), or
insulting manner.
Giaour Word for a
person who is not Muslim, but...
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States (2008 Edition) as follows: Any
commissioned officer who uses
contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary...
- of
depriving something of its
sacred character, or the disrespectful,
contemptuous, or
destructive treatment of that
which is held to be
sacred or holy...
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creates the
impression that a
person is angry, anno****, irritated, or
contemptuous,
particularly when the
individual is relaxed, or resting. The concept...
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Capability Immaturity Model (CIMM) in
software engineering is a
parody acronym, a semi-serious
effort to
provide a
contrast to the
Capability Maturity...
- own" or "to each what he deserves".
During World War II the
phrase was
contemptuously used by the ****s as a
motto displa**** over the
entrance of Buchenwald...
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different kinds of pity can be distinguished, "benevolent pity" and "
contemptuous pity". In the latter,
through insincere,
pejorative usage, pity connotes...
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Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels described Hitler as a
vegetarian who was
contemptuous of
Judaism and
Christianity for the
ethical distinction they drew between...
