derision

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Mocking laughter or scorn; the act of making fun of someone or something.

   His suggestion was met with derision from the rest of the team.

2. 2
   noun

   A person or thing that everyone laughs at; a laughing stock.

   After the scandal, the once-respected leader became a public derision.

Simplified etymology

Derision, recorded in late Middle English, comes from the Latin root ridere “to laugh.” Deride, ridicule, and ridiculous ultimately derive from the same root.

From Old French derision, from Latin dērīsiōnem, accusative of dērīsiō, from dērīdēre ("to mock, to laugh at, to deride").

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