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Etymology

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FromLatincontemptus(scorn), fromcontemnō(I scorn, despise), fromcom- +temnō(I despise). Displaced nativeOld Englishforsewennes.

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Noun

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contempt (countable anduncountable,pluralcontempts)

  1. (uncountable) The state or act ofcontemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something asinferior,base, orworthless;scorn,disdain.
    • 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, inThe Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
      And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extremecontempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.
    • 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, inRAIL, number978, page53:
      Transport Minister Marples, meanwhile, used arrogant rhetoric and showed his personalcontempt for railways when confirming in Parliament that a third of the network was to be closed even before the survey results were known.
  2. The state of being despised or dishonored;disgrace.
  3. (law) Open disrespect or willfuldisobedience of theauthority of a court of law or legislative body.
    • 2021 October 19, Luke Broadwater, “House Panel Recommends Contempt Charge Against Bannon”, inThe New York Times[1],→ISSN:
      The panel voted unanimously on Tuesday to recommend charging Mr. [Stephen K.] Bannon with criminalcontempt of Congress for defying its subpoena, sending the issue to the House.
    • 2024 April 28, Maggie Haberman, Jonah E. Bromwich, “Trump’s Trial Could Bring a Rarity: Consequences for His Words”, inThe New York Times[2],→ISSN:
      Justice Merchan has yet to issue a ruling on whether to find Mr. Trump incontempt.
  4. (chess, uncountable)Ellipsis ofcontempt factor.

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Translations

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a feeling or attitude
a state of being despised or dishonored
law: open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority
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