consider beneath notice

consider beneath notice
index condescend (patronize), disdain

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  • disdain — I noun abhorrence, abjuration, abnegation, act of despising, act of discrediting, act of loathing, act of scorning, act of shunning, act of spurning, act of taunting, airs, arrogance, contempt, contemptio, contemptuousness, contumeliousness,… …   Law dictionary

  • condescend — I (deign) verb accommodate oneself, accord, be courteous, be gracious, descend, descendere, disregard prestige, grant, humble oneself, lower oneself, sacrifice pride, se submittere, stoop, tolerate, unbend, vouchsafe, waive privilege, yield II… …   Law dictionary

  • disdain — I. v. a. Despise, contemn, scout, scorn, spurn, look down upon, hold in contempt, consider beneath notice. II. n. Scorn, contempt, contumely, haughtiness, superciliousness, arrogance, hauteur …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • Russell's paradox — Part of the foundations of mathematics, Russell s paradox (also known as Russell s antinomy), discovered by Bertrand Russell in 1901, showed that the naive set theory of Frege leads to a contradiction.It might be assumed that, for any formal… …   Wikipedia

  • dis|dain´er — dis|dain «dihs DAYN», verb, noun. –v.t. to look down on; consider beneath oneself or one s notice; scorn: »The honest official disdained the offer of a bribe. Now that she is rich, she disdains to speak to her old friends. SYNONYM(S): despise,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • dis|dain — «dihs DAYN», verb, noun. –v.t. to look down on; consider beneath oneself or one s notice; scorn: »The honest official disdained the offer of a bribe. Now that she is rich, she disdains to speak to her old friends. SYNONYM(S): despise, spurn. –n.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • disdain — /dis dayn , di stayn /, v.t. 1. to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn. 2. to think unworthy of notice, response, etc.; consider beneath oneself: to disdain replying to an insult. n. 3. a feeling of contempt for anything regarded as… …   Universalium

  • disdain — /dɪsˈdeɪn / (say dis dayn) verb (t) 1. to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn. 2. to think unworthy of notice, performance, etc.; consider beneath oneself. –noun 3. a feeling of contempt for anything regarded as unworthy; haughty… …  

  • literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

  • mechanics — /meuh kan iks/, n. 1. (used with a sing. v.) the branch of physics that deals with the action of forces on bodies and with motion, comprised of kinetics, statics, and kinematics. 2. (used with a sing. v.) the theoretical and practical application …   Universalium

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