disdain

A hotbed of feminist rebellion, its corset-shattering, myth-busting history encompasses a journey of emancipation, imagination, and healthy disdain for patriarchal expectations.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

“There is a well documented and rather archaic disdain for my profession,” said Nils Busch-Petersen, head of the Berlin and Brandenburg retailers’ association.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

"There's a sort of disdain for things AI."

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

Only much later in life did Steinem, who wrote a biography about Monroe, realize her initial disdain wasn’t the actress’ fault.

From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026

Lately her manner toward me has changed from one of pious disdain to an awed humility.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

With no action expected on rates on Wednesday, the attention will be on him: Will he submit a forecast for rate projections he disdains?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

John-Calum McLeod, or Cal, returns to Scotland’s Isle of Harris after attending art school in Glasgow and finds it difficult to coexist with his father, also named John, who disdains everything about him.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

Sandra Angelloz is another producer who disdains Reblochon's "garnish" status.

From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2022

A gray eminence of the avant-garde theater world, Iván disdains the bourgeois sensibilities of Félix’s fans and the kind of work he does to entertain them.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2022

Do you see how awful it is to be in love with someone who disdains you?

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

Rogoff and Reinhart disdained that finding as an “academic kerfuffle,” arguing that the errors had minimal effect on their own conclusions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

Air conditioning, long disdained in France, is "no longer taboo at all", Jehanno said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

In a December 1904 message to Congress, Roosevelt disdained any “unmanly” inclination to a “peace of tyrannous terror, the peace of craven weakness, the peace of injustice.”

From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2025

He disdained the job—which instead went to Oscar Hammerstein II—of writing what would turn out to be the longest-running Broadway musical up to that time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

In both his dress and his manner, he disdained all festivity.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

Elon Musk, best known for disdaining fossil fuels and selling close to 10 million electric vehicles, is actively advocating natural-gas turbines for data centers and chip factories.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Stutzman, who was widely quoted during the 2016 campaign disdaining the GOP front-runner, recalls spotting Bera that year at a French restaurant in downtown Sacramento.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2023

Though “Vs.” is more of a reverse Kafka, with the witnesses disdaining the court’s authority.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2021

“Should We Stay or Should We Go” can appear heartless as the author rearranges her plot pieces into new formations with almost insolent ease, disdaining anything as cheap as an appeal for readers’ emotional engagement.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2021

But I grew angry at the thought of the three men disdaining Cristiana.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein