Dismissiveness

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  • n. a form of denial, characterized by either passively showing indifference or disregard, or actively dismissing or rejecting ideas or evidence.
  • Word Usage
    "While I think his ethical position is, if uninteresting, unexceptionable enough, his refusal to confront the political connection Foucault makes except with such bland dismissiveness is insufficient precisely because uninteresting."
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