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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the manifestation of scorn and contempt;
- Example: "every subordinate sensed his contemptuousness and hated him in return"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Contemptuousness \Con*temp"tu*ous*ness\, n.
   Disposition to or manifestion of contempt; insolence;
   haughtiness.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

contemptuousness
    n 1: the manifestation of scorn and contempt; "every subordinate
         sensed his contemptuousness and hated him in return"