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contemptuousness (kuhn TEMP choo uhs" nes) (s) (noun) (no plural)
A disposition, or tendency, to hate or have a manifestation, or expression, of insolence or haughtiness toward others: A man who was obviously drunk, showed his contemptuousness toward people in a movie theater by yelling at some of the actions that were going on in the film until the police came and took him away because he wouldn't stop his despicable or idiotic behavior.
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