exouthenismos

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noun

A figure of speech expressing scorn, contempt, or disparagement.

OriginAncient Greek ἐξουθενισμός →
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Meanings

nounexouthenismos (uncountable)

alternative exouthenism

  1. rhetoricuncountableA figure of speech expressing scorn, contempt, or disparagement.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἐξουθενισμός“scorn, contempt, disparagement”
  2. Englishexouthenismos

From Ancient Greek ἐξουθενισμός (exouthenismós, “scorn, contempt, disparagement”), from ἐξουθενέω (exouthenéō, “to despise, treat with contempt”).

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exouthenismos. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exouthenismos

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