Derision

n.	1.	The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in derision. - Ps. ii. 4. Satan beheld their plight, And to his mates thus in derision called. - Milton.
	2.	An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock. I was a derision to all my people. - Lam. iii. 14.

Noun	1.	derision - contemptuous laughter
	2.	derision - the act of deriding or treating with contempt Synonyms: ridicule

burlesque, butt, caricature, contempt, contumely, disrespect, jest, joke, lampoon, laughter, mock, mockery, pasquinade, pilgarlic, ridicule, sarcasm, scoffing, scorn, sport, travesty

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