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Noun: contemptuousness
  1. The manifestation of scorn and contempt
    "every subordinate sensed his contemptuousness and hated him in return"

Derived forms: contemptuousnesses

See also: contemptuous

Type of: arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness

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