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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
deride /dɪˈrʌɪd/

▶verb express contempt for; ridicule.

– derivatives
derider noun.

– origin C16: from L. deridere ‘scoff at’.

'deride' also found in these Oxford entries:

mock - satirize

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