Inattention vs Contempt - What's the difference?
inattention | contempt | Related terms |
Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect.
An act of neglect; failure of courtesy.
(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.
Inattention is a related term of contempt.
As nouns the difference between inattention and contempt
is that inattention is want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect while contempt is (uncountable) the state of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.inattention
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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.}}