0 to laugh at someone or something in a way that shows you think they are stupid or of no value:
1 to show that you think someone or something is ridiculous or of no value:
Scholars and visitors unofficially deride it as 'inauthentic' and little worthy of investigation.
The recovery of the euro did belie critics who had initially derided it as a weak currency.
They deride their attempts to manipulate workers' grievances for political ends.
One explanation is that they are deriding any human attempt to solve their riddles, to evade their power.
Interestingly enough, the phrase which was used to describe a reality was used by a few to deride the same reality.
The grotteschi were often derided by contemporaries (typically the literati, for the style was highly popular with the public) as vulgar buffoons.
Before condemning them or deriding such practices, we recall that changes of method were aimed at improving the precision of the figures.
To be considered thus: why do outsiders deride the life of imagination and representation?
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