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Noun: disdainfulness  dis'deyn-ful-nus
  1. The trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior
    - condescension, superciliousness

Derived forms: disdainfulnesses

See also: disdainful

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