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derided

adj

Definitions

  1. Disparaged

    Disparaged; subject to criticism or mockery.

    • There is nothing more derided than the raptures of a young affection.
    • Moreover, the legacy of anti-Asian racism has meant that even relatively modest efforts on foreign policy have been, as Paul Watanabe notes, "more discouraged than encouraged, more derided than applauded."

  2. simple past and past participle of deride

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at derided. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at derided. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at derided

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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