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scornfulness
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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English
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Etymology
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From
scornful
+
-ness
.
Noun
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scornfulness
(
uncountable
)
The quality of being
scornful
.
2009
April 1, Simon Critchley, “Cynicism We Can Believe In”, in
New York Times
[1]
:
It bears no real resemblance to that attitude of negativity and jaded
scornfulness
that sees the worst of intentions behind the apparent good motives of others.
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