0 showing that you do not think something is worth considering:
a dismissive attitude
He's so dismissive of anybody else's suggestions.
1 showing that you think something or someone is not important and not worth considering:
In the first case, the caregiver, when challenged with his partner's illness and disease progression, either became dismissive and angry or avoided caregiving.
Not only are these assertions overstated and dismissive, but also they are levelled against a small and highly select number of sources.
He was consistently dismissive of what were obviously, at the time, serious dangers and hardships.
Parental rejection included behaviors that were dismissive of the child's needs for nurturance.
The first inter-party or coalition government (1948-51) was somewhat dismissive of the group.
Asked whether a forum where such exchanges could take place would be useful, all were initially at the least reticent, if not dismissive.
The discussion of ethical issues in the introductory section is also rather summary and dismissive.
But the editor is rather dismissive of what he terms 'a more traditional agenda based on equality and redistribution' (p. 246).
