If people are laughing at you, making fun of you, and acting as if you're worthless, they're treating you with derision. Derision is mean and attacking it's a form of contempt.
The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule.
Noun
the act of deriding or treating with contempt
Noun
contemptuous laughter
n.
The act of deriding, or the state of being derided;
mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to
ridicule.
n.
An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock.
Derision
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in derision.
Saan beheld their plight, And to his mates thus in derision called.2.
I was a derision to all my people.
The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule.
Usage Examples
Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever.
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Other Usage ExamplesAnyone could be in the orchestra, or sports team, or arts club at my school. It was precisely the kind of inclusivity that now meets with a sort of scorn and derision as a prizes-for-all culture that generates only mediocrity. There's something so insulting about the idea that including lots of people means mediocrity.
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