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  • noun Plural form of ridiculer.

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Examples

  • Not that I care - the ridiculers are the ones who've been brainwashed.

    the scenic route 2005

  • To quote the Quran, "O you who believe, no people shall ridicule other people, for [the ridiculed] may be better than [the ridiculers]."

    John Backman: Names Can Never Hurt Me? John Backman 2011

  • To quote the Quran, "O you who believe, no people shall ridicule other people, for [the ridiculed] may be better than [the ridiculers]."

    John Backman: Names Can Never Hurt Me? John Backman 2011

  • Sometimes strong advocates of the free market are ridiculed for bothering to talk about such issues when, the ridiculers allege, we have so much more important issues to discuss.

    Sell the Streets?, David Henderson | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • The first, and most vociferous, ridiculers of “politically correct” language came from the political right, man of whom took the opportunity to highlight the most extreme proponents of PC language and prop them up as a strawman for “liberal” thought in general.

    The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design Review: ID's Newspeak - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • Thus much is certain, that the ridiculers were as often wrong as right; and Shakespeare himself could not prevent the naturalisation of _accommodation_, _remuneration_, &c.; or

    Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803

  • Thus much is certain, that the ridiculers were as often wrong as right; and Shakspeare himself could not prevent the naturalization of 'accommodation', 'remuneration', &c.

    Literary Remains, Volume 2 Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803

  • The mockers and ridiculers of Christ and his church -- they may mock and they may ridicule, but they are wrong, dead wrong.

    Latest Articles 2009

  • Christians need to grasp the concept that symbols and traditions, particularly those adopted from pagan cultures and assimilated in Christianity, should not be the focus or foundation of their faith, and that true faith cannot be diminished by detractors or ridiculers.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2009

  • Christians need to grasp the concept that symbols and traditions, particularly those adopted from pagan cultures and assimilated in Christianity, should not be the focus or foundation of their faith, and that true faith cannot be diminished by detractors or ridiculers.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2009

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