Derision
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Illustration: Toulouse-Lautrec wearing Jane Avril's Feathered Hat and Boa (ca. 1892), photo Maurice Guibert.
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Act of treating with contempt and ridicule. From Latin deridere, meaning to mock or deride. Further split up from de-, ridere.
See also
References
- A History of Derision, an aborted project by Arkhive
- Le Rire de résistance, 2007, by Jean-Michel Ribes
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