Meaning and example
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
He was held in contempt
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 1.700 places disdain in the common range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 96% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
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Similar-prevalence words
- Known by
- 96%
characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
- Known by
- 96.1%
a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
- Known by
- 95.8%
having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled
- Known by
- 95.8%
not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor)
- Known by
- 95.8%
easily influenced
Source attribution
Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.
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