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Contempt

In colloquial usage, contempt usually refers to either the act of despising, or having a general lack of respect for something. This set of emotions generally produces maladaptive behaviour.

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Contempt

Nodes46
Edges45
Triples79
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.043478
Components1

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Contempt

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related to Cultural context · 14
Contempt → American, An, Ekman, Friesen, In, In American English, Indonesia, Indonesian, Japanese, Non-Western, Their, This, West Sumatra, Western
related to Gender differences · 13
Contempt → Brown, Gilligan, In, LaFrance, Men, Non-verbal, Not, One, Second, Smile, There, Underwood, Zahn-Waxler
related to Marriage · 11
Contempt → Couples, DeMaris, Forms, Gottman, Holman, Jarvis, One, Research, Roberts, Straus, These
related to In racism and misogyny · 8
Contempt → According, African Americans, Du Bois, For, Internalized, Jim Crow, Jorge Garcia, United States
related to Defining features · 6
Contempt → Because, Hume, In, In David Hume's, Therefore, This
related to Response · 5
Contempt → By, Miller, One, So, The
related to Characteristics · 4
Contempt → Ekman, Findings, In, Paul Ekman
related to Etymology · 4
Contempt → It, Latin, Old French, The
is a · 2
Contempt → psychological withdrawal or distance one typically feels regarding the object of one's contempt, response to a perceived failure to meet an interpersonal standard
related to Virtues · 2
Contempt → An, By

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Contemptis aresponse to a perceived failure to meet an interpersonal standard0.90text
Contemptis apsychological withdrawal or distance one typically feels regarding the object of one's contempt0.90text
expressing criticisminstance ofincludes a cascading of responses0.80text
defensivenessinstance ofincludes a cascading of responses0.80text
contemptinstance ofincludes a cascading of responses0.80text
sarcasminstance ofincludes a cascading of responses0.80text
hostilityinstance ofincludes a cascading of responses0.80text
and withdrawalinstance ofincludes a cascading of responses0.80text
the combination of which indicates a critical state of marriage dissolution.Carstenseninstance ofincludes a cascading of responses0.80text
Gottmaninstance ofincludes a cascading of responses0.80text
and Levensoninstance ofincludes a cascading of responses0.80text
Contemptrelated to CharacteristicsPaul Ekman0.60section

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