All 17 Uses
contempt
in
Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell
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- If Gottman observes one or both partners in a marriage showing contempt toward the other, he considers it the single most important sign that the marriage is in trouble.
Chpt 1 *contempt = lack of respect
- Disgust, for example, is 1, contempt is 2, anger is 7, defensiveness is 10, whining is 11, sadness is 12, stonewalling is 13, neutral is 14, and so on.†
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- As for Sue, while Bill was talking, on more than one occasion she rolled her eyes very quickly, which is a classic sign of contempt.†
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- Sue said, "I don't want to argue about that," and rolled her eyes—another indication of contempt.†
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- More contempt.†
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- The Importance of Contempt†
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- He has found that he can find out much of what he needs to know just by focusing on what he calls the Four Horsemen: defensiveness, stonewalling, criticism, and contempt.†
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- Even within the Four Horsemen, in fact, there is one emotion that he considers the most important of all: contempt.†
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- Yet contempt is qualitatively different from criticism.†
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- But if I speak from a superior plane, that's far more damaging, and contempt is any statement made from a higher level.†
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- Gottman has found, in fact, that the presence of contempt in a marriage can even predict such things as how many colds a husband or a wife gets; in other words, having someone you love express contempt toward you is so stressful that it begins to affect the functioning of your immune system.†
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- Gottman has found, in fact, that the presence of contempt in a marriage can even predict such things as how many colds a husband or a wife gets; in other words, having someone you love express contempt toward you is so stressful that it begins to affect the functioning of your immune system.†
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- Contempt is closely related to disgust, and what disgust and contempt are about is completely rejecting and excluding someone from the community.†
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- Contempt is closely related to disgust, and what disgust and contempt are about is completely rejecting and excluding someone from the community.†
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- But there isn't any gender difference when it comes to contempt.†
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- Contempt is special.†
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- If you can measure contempt, then all of a sudden you don't need to know every detail of the couple's relationship.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(contempt as in: feels contempt towards her) lack of respect for someone or something thought inferior -- often accompanied by a feeling of dislike or disgustA famous saying, "familiarity breeds contempt" comes from Aesop's fable, "The Fox and the Lion". (6th century BC)
When first the Fox saw the Lion he was terribly frightened, and ran away and hid himself in the wood. Next time however he came near the King of Beasts he stopped at a safe distance and watched him pass by. The third time they came near one another the Fox went straight up to the Lion and passed the time of day with him, asking him how his family were, and when he should have the pleasure of seeing him again; then turning his tail, he parted from the Lion without much ceremony.
The moral is traditionally, "Familiarity breeds contempt"; though an alternative moral is "Acquaintance softens prejudices." -
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(contempt as in: held in contempt of court) the crime of willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative bodyFormally, this is called "contempt of court," but it is often shortened as just "contempt."
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)