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- adjective linguistics Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form denoting the
negative attitude of the speaker. - noun linguistics A word form denoting the
negative attitude of the speaker.
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Examples
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Now, as all of this is going on, also on the sides, the city attorney has petitioned the sheriff, Sheriff Lee Bocca here in Los Angeles, saying that there may some contemptive court here in that he kind of went against what the judge had intended for Paris Hilton.
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Given the rude, arrogant and contemptive attitudes coming from the Half Black supporters on this site, I wish the French lots of luck in this afternoons game.
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The sum of what Mr Goodwin hath formerly said, and what he repeateth again to the end of this section, is, “Men need not fear their falling away, though it is possible, seeing they may easily prevent it if they will;” — expressions sufficiently contemptive of the grace of God, and the salvation that God assureth us thereby; an assertion which those ancients which Mr Goodwin laboureth to draw into communion with him would have rejected and cast out as heretical.
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966
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