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de⋅ri⋅sion

  [di-rizh-uhn]
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–noun
1. ridicule; mockery: The inept performance elicited derision from the audience.
2. an object of ridicule.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME derisioun < OF derision < LL dērīsiōn- (s. of dērīsiō), equiv. to L dērīs(us) mocked (ptp. of dērīdēre; see deride ) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
de⋅ris⋅i⋅ble  [di-riz-uh-buhl] , adjective
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de·ri·sion   (dĭ-rĭzh'ən)   
n.  
    1. Contemptuous or jeering laughter; ridicule.
    2. A state of being derided: The proposal was held in derision by members of the board.
  2. An object of ridicule; a laughingstock.

[Middle English derisioun, from Anglo-Norman, from Late Latin dērīsiō, dērīsiōn-, from Latin dērīsus, past participle of dērīdēre, to deride; see deride.]
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Derision

De*ri"sion\, n. [L. derisio: cf. F. d['e]rision. See Deride.]

1. The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule.

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in derision. --Ps. ii. 4.

Satan beheld their plight, And to his mates thus in derision called. --Milton.

2. An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock.

I was a derision to all my people. --Lam. iii. 14.

Syn: Scorn; mockery; contempt; insult; ridicule.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : derision
Spanish: burla, mofa,
German: der Hohn,
Japanese: あざ笑い
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derision 
c.1400, from O.Fr. derision (13c.), from L. derisionem, noun of action from deridere "ridicule," from de- "down" + ridere "to laugh." Deride is 1530, from M.Fr. derider.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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