Contempt vs Satisfaction - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) The state of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.
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, title= The state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace.
(legal) Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body.
A fulfillment of a need or desire.
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The pleasure obtained by such fulfillment.
*(Henry David Thoreau) (1817-1862)
*:This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction .
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*:Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction , looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.
The source of such gratification.
A reparation for an injury or loss.
A vindication for a wrong suffered.
As nouns the difference between contempt and satisfaction
is that contempt is the state of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain while satisfaction is a fulfillment of a need or desire.contempt
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(wikipedia contempt)Alternative forms
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(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.}}