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# The Good Oil Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-283/
- Published: 2025-05-15T18:15:50.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-15T18:15:50.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, Word of the Day

The word for today is…

contempt (noun):

1a: the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain  
b: lack of respect or reverence for something  
2: the state of being despised  
3: wilful disobedience to or open disrespect of a court, judge, or legislative body

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contempt?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : A person may be held in contempt in a number of ways. The legal sense may be defined as "willful disobedience to or open disrespect of a court, judge, or legislative body." In a general sense if you hold someone in contempt it simply means that you despise or strongly disapprove of them. Contempt is typically a noun: people feel contempt, for example, or they act with contempt. The word is, however, also a verb, but as a verb it is archaic, and may be viewed as a mistake. It is synonymous with the verb contemn, which, although somewhat obscure, is not archaic.

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