What (who) is derision - definition
INFORMAL FALLACY WHICH PRESENTS AN OPPONENT'S ARGUMENT AS ABSURD
Ridiculing; Appeal to Ridicule; Argument from derision; Horse laugh; Reductio ad ridiculum; Argument by sneer; Argument by mockery; Horse-laugh; Argument to ridicule
derision
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ACT OF INSULTING OR MAKING LIGHT, OFTEN USING CARICATURE
Derisive; Make fun of; Mocking; Draft:Mockery; Derision; Making fun of; Scoffing; Ridicule; Derisiveness; Draft:Scoffer
n.
1) to arouse, provoke derision
2) an object of derision
derision
ACT OF INSULTING OR MAKING LIGHT, OFTEN USING CARICATURE
Derisive; Make fun of; Mocking; Draft:Mockery; Derision; Making fun of; Scoffing; Ridicule; Derisiveness; Draft:Scoffer
n.
Ridicule, mockery, scorn, contempt.
Derision
ACT OF INSULTING OR MAKING LIGHT, OFTEN USING CARICATURE
Derisive; Make fun of; Mocking; Draft:Mockery; Derision; Making fun of; Scoffing; Ridicule; Derisiveness; Draft:Scoffer
·noun An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock.
II. Derision ·noun The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule.
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Appeal to ridicule
Appeal to ridicule (also called appeal to mockery, ad absurdo, or the horse laugh) is an informal fallacy which presents an opponent's argument as absurd, ridiculous, or humorous, and therefore not worthy of serious consideration.
Pronunciation examples for derision
1. outright derision, by the savants
The Forgotten Depression of 1921 _ James Grant _ Talks at Google
2. contemptible or treated with derision,
Making Gay History _ Eric Marcus & Sara Burningham _ Talks at Google
3. It's met with derision and scorn.
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4. And I get hoots of derision and cackles and growls
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5. and my sister to derision
for disappointed hopes,
Pride and Prejudice (2005)
Examples of use of derision
1. Her disappearance provoked concern, then derision.
2. These provoke widespread irritation, even derision.
3. Scorn and derision have become the media fashion.
4. Permission to reprint/republish It‘s time to rethink the derision.
5. And he repeated the theme that drew Rohe‘s derision.