Word: dismissiveness
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This method of deterrence can backfire, though, as it distracts students from the fact that cheating is actually a wrong in itself. Students may not dismiss cheating because they have reasoned that it is immoral--but may dismiss it because they are afraid of being caught...
There are plenty of people who don't think atheists are damned to Hell, yet who don't dismiss God's relevance to the world. These are not the Moral Majority--the Moral Majority wouldn't consider them moral. But then again, many atheists would consider them deluded, misguided or just plain silly. Although they're harder to see and hear, these people are proably the majority. And their belief in God should receive the respect accorded to the other points of view. Although they are less flamboyant, their believe is just as strong...
Those who dismiss such changes in Soviet rhetoric, says James Schlesinger, the former Defense Secretary and CIA director, are being too reflexive. "These are the very people who argued that the Soviet Union is incapable of making even those changes that have already occurred. Now they're saying Gorbachev is no different from any other Soviet leader...
Buckner can't dismiss the Red Sox management that easily...
...must not dismiss Razo in such a manner, for the case presents a much-needed opportunity to take a hard look at race relations at Harvard...