Contemptuousness
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Disposition to contempt; expression of contempt; insolence; scornfulness; contumeliousness; disdain.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
Disposition to or manifestion of contempt; insolence; haughtiness.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The state of being
contemptuous
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noun.
the manifestation of scorn and contempt
Word Usage
"Mr. KRASNY: I think there's a lot of contemptuousness toward religion from many of the atheists."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
arrogance
haughtiness
hauteur
high-handedness
lordliness
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
haughtiness
insolence