Word: dismissiveness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...lawmakers dismiss Romney’s concern, and predict that the bill will be back on Romney’s desk before long...
...listen, and I won’t see what I am wrong about unless you speak—and vice versa. And how will we ever work together, figure each other out, come together to work toward social justice, if all you do is complain about our protests and dismiss us as hippies...
...obesity-related diseases like Type 2 diabetes are on the rise. Some of the more responsible leaders of the food industry are trying to do something about obesity in the U.S., and they will tell you--but only if you don't name names--that campaigns that try to dismiss the problem as hype are doing them more harm than good. --With reporting by Coco Masters/ New York
...control advocates are distraught over this development, predicting a rise in everything from road-rage episodes to gang violence. Gun toters may wrongly assume they have "total immunity from prosecution," said Miami police chief John Timoney. The law's supporters dismiss such concerns as liberal hysteria and extol the bill's passage as a victory for law-abiding citizens. Wayne LaPierre, the N.R.A.'s excruciatingly macho executive vice president, crowed, "[This will] make criminals pause before they commit their next rape, robbery or murder...
...genocide. In addition to looking the other way through an ever-growing series of genocides, Annan is presiding over the oil-for-food scandal, one of the largest humanitarian crimes in history, and accusations of multiplying cases of rape and pedophilia committed by U.N. troops the world over. To dismiss Havel as a no-name lightweight compared to Annan, as you do in your otherwise well-reasoned editorial supporting John Lithgow ’67, is a disgrace not only to liberals and victims of the U.N. in particular but also to all your readers...