Definition of "disdain" []

• To regard or treat with haughty contempt; despise. See Synonyms at despise. (verb-transitive)
• To consider or reject as beneath oneself. (verb-transitive)
• A feeling or show of contempt and aloofness; scorn. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Regardless, Carville & his disdain is about to be out of a job .... woody"
• "This disdain is a central part of their political philosophy and it is one of the key reasons you can legitimately characterize this administration as pseudo-fascist."
• "The rhetoric of prejudicial disdain is meted out, on the one hand against the “hoity-toity”, and on the other against the “hoi poloi” -- against the “snob” with complex tastes and the “pleb” with simple tastes."