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If you write chick lit, and if you're a New Yorker, and if your book becomes the topic of pop-culture fascination, the paper might make dismissive and ignorant mention of your book. If you write romance, forget about it. You'll be lucky if they spell your name right on the bestseller list.
Jennifer Weiner

Meaning of "dismissive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DISMISSIVE

dismissive  [dɪsˈmɪsɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISMISSIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dismissive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DISMISSIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dismissive in the English dictionary

The definition of dismissive in the dictionary is If you are dismissive of someone or something, you say or show that you think they are not important or have no value.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISMISSIVE


abrasive
əˈbreɪsɪv
admissive
ədˈmɪsɪv
decisive
dɪˈsaɪsɪv
demissive
dɪˈmɪsɪv
emissive
ɪˈmɪsɪv
intermissive
ˌɪntəˈmɪsɪv
invasive
ɪnˈveɪsɪv
irremissive
ˌɪrɪˈmɪsɪv
missive
ˈmɪsɪv
nonpermissive
ˌnɒnpəˈmɪsɪv
omissive
əʊˈmɪsɪv
permissive
pəˈmɪsɪv
persuasive
pəˈsweɪsɪv
pervasive
pɜːˈveɪsɪv
photoemissive
ˌfəʊtəʊɪˈmɪsɪv
promissive
prəˈmɪsɪv
remissive
rɪˈmɪsɪv
submissive
səbˈmɪsɪv
transmissive
trænzˈmɪsɪv
unsubmissive
ˌʌnsəbˈmɪsɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISMISSIVE

dismayed
dismayedness
dismayful
dismayfully
dismaying
dismayingly
dismayl
dismember
dismemberer
dismemberment
dismiss
dismissal
dismissible
dismission
dismissively
dismissory
dismoded
dismount
dismountable
dismutation

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISMISSIVE

aggressive
comprehensive
compressive
depressive
excessive
expressive
immunosuppressive
impressive
inexpressive
massive
obsessive
oppressive
passive
passive-aggressive
possessive
progressive
recessive
regressive
repressive
successive
suppressive

Synonyms and antonyms of dismissive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DISMISSIVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dismissive» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of dismissive

Translation of «dismissive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISMISSIVE

Find out the translation of dismissive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dismissive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dismissive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不屑一顾的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

displicente
570 millions of speakers

English

dismissive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

इसे खारिज
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رافض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пренебрежительное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desdenhoso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উড়িয়ে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dédaigneux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Meremehkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

abweisend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

拒否するような
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무시하는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mbantah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thô bạo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிராகரித்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निष्प्रभ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

küçümseyen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

che dà scarsa importanza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lekceważący
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зневажливе
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

desconsiderare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απορριπτικοί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dismissive
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avvisande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avvisende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dismissive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISMISSIVE»

The term «dismissive» is regularly used and occupies the 60.216 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISMISSIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dismissive

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6 QUOTES WITH «DISMISSIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dismissive.
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Dave Chappelle
The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It's dismissive.
2
Linda Grant
I was embarrassed by my parents. I thought they had nothing of interest to say or contribute to anything. My real crime was not understanding that they were interesting, and I have been trying to make it up to them for being so indescribably blase, so genuinely uninterested and dismissive.
3
Matthew Macfadyen
Nobody's just arrogant. I've met people who are embattled and dismissive, but when you get to know them, you find that they're vulnerable - that that hauteur or standoffishiness is because they're pedaling furiously underneath.
4
Thomas E. Mann
I don't believe in a golden mean; I don't believe you find policy wisdom between two polar points. I don't dismiss that possibility, but I look at the platform that's so ideologically based, that's so dismissive of facts, of evidence, of science, and it's frankly hard to take seriously.
5
Jane McGonigal
There are people who are very dismissive of games and gamers.
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Jennifer Weiner
If you write chick lit, and if you're a New Yorker, and if your book becomes the topic of pop-culture fascination, the paper might make dismissive and ignorant mention of your book. If you write romance, forget about it. You'll be lucky if they spell your name right on the bestseller list.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISMISSIVE»

Discover the use of dismissive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dismissive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Attachment and Dynamic Practice: An Integrative Guide for ...
Avoidantdismissive children seem to internalize their caregivers' attitude, which is dismissive of emotional needs, rather than adopting their own authentic emotional experience. By internalizing their caregivers' attitudes of dismissiveness and ...
Jerrold R. Brandell, Shoshana Ringel, 2013
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Dynamics of Romantic Love: Attachment, Caregiving, and Sex
Second, we predicted a significant difference between men and women in the degree of dismissive attachment, with men being more dismissive than women. Although sex differences in attachment security in infancy and early childhood are ...
Mario Mikulincer, Gail S. Goodman, 2006
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The Marriage Checkup: A Scientific Program for Sustaining ...
THE DISMISSIVE AVOIDANT ATTACHMENT STYLE Attachment style #1 describes a dismissive-avoidant attachment style. The main difference between a dismissive-avoidant attachment style and a fearful-avoidant attachment style is that ...
James V. Cordova, 2009
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Putting Skeptics in Their Place: The Nature of Skeptical ...
We are finally in a position to consider dismissive responses to skepticism about the world. In Chapter 1 I defined “dismissive responses” as responses that either (a) do not engage skeptical arguments at all, or (b) engage them only ...
John Greco, 2007
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THE CRIMINAL TRIAD: Psychosocial Development of the Criminal ...
Dismissive-avoidant attachment: These individuals are low on anxiety and high on avoidance. Relationships are not particularly stressful because real intimacy is avoided. They endeavor to be invulnerable and emotionally independent, and  ...
William M. Harmening, 2010
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Transition in the Attic Orators ...
More specifically, every transition containing a dismissive element combined with either a prothetic or a topical element has been listed under each of its members. To obtain a truer perspective, we may next proceed to classify, on the basis of ...
Robert Dale Elliott, 1919
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Defiance in Taxation and Governance: Resisting and ...
The task of regulating dismissive defiance, however, goes beyond these standard practices of responsiveness into poorly charted territory. Authorities by their very nature have difficulties with dismissive defiance because here the respect that ...
Valerie A. Braithwaite, 2009
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Understanding Mergers and Acquisitions in the 21st Century: ...
avoidant Preoccupied- attached B C E G Fearful-avoidant D E H I Secure F G I J A. Dismissive-avoidant with dismissive-avoidant – this is the nightmare situation of two 'me-me-me' managers. Both are convinced of their own abilities to add ...
Killian J. McCarthy, Wilfred Dolfsma, 2012
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Sexual Deviance: Issues and Controversies
There are three insecure attachment styles: preoccupied (negative view of self, positive view of others), fearful (negative self, negative others), and dismissive ( positive self, negative others). Preoccupied individuals have a profound sense of  ...
Tony Ward, D. Richard Laws, Stephen M Hudson, 2003
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Attachment Theory in Adult Mental Health: A Guide to ...
Others can recall negative events with caregivers, but by restricting affect may remain disconnected to the feelings such experiences normally evoke. Finally, many with dismissive attachment are openly derogating of others and the need for ...
Adam N. Danquah, Katherine Berry, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISMISSIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dismissive is used in the context of the following news items.
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Johnny Appleseed play looks to supplant dismissive tales | TribLIVE
Most people think of Johnny Appleseed as a carefree fellow who wandered the Ohio Valley planting apple trees and wearing a tin pot on his ... «Tribune-Review, Jul 15»
2
House Hears Details of Threats Posed By Massive Federal …
I'd be less dismissive of the FBI's sky is falling encryption conniption if USG had, I don't know, encrypted my OPM data to make it go dark. «Newsweek, Jul 15»
3
Neighbors fed up with overgrown, health-hazardous backyard …
“Not aggressive, but very dismissive,” Wethington said of the reply. “Bordering on 'your problem not mine.'” KRQE News 13 spoke to the ... «KRQE News 13, Jul 15»
4
4 Strategies to Improve How You Deal With Conflict - Entrepreneur
Are people being outright rude, overly facetious or dismissive? If the answer is yes, then it's too intense. Behfar advocates being “direct, but not ... «Entrepreneur, Jul 15»
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Gun Test: Glock G43 9 mm | The Daily Caller
Gun aficionados howled, of course, and offered vague and dismissive critiques of the Glock, critiques usually devoid of substance. I recall one ... «Daily Caller, Jul 15»
6
YouTube's 'PewDiePie' Made $7.4M Last Year, Raised $1M for Charity
PewDiePie remains a controversial figure in both the gaming and the general internet communities with the usual, dismissive reaction to his ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
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What the polls say -- and don't say -- about Bernie Sanders' chances …
That judgment drew complaints from Sanders fans, who complained that I was being too dismissive of the Vermont senator's chances. «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
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Quick Take: Comedy Central's 'Why? With Hannibal Buress' Needs …
In his stand-up act, he has enough time to set the pace and reel in the audience, his perceptive and sometimes whimsically dismissive points ... «Hollywood Reporter, Jul 15»
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Top 10 S&P 500 companies most exposed to China - MarketWatch
For now, most analysts are dismissive of concerns that the instability in the stock market could trigger a broader economic crisis. Still, they are ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
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Man vs. machine: Art by humans competes with computers
The contests aren't intended to be dismissive of imagination, Rockmore said. Rather, he views them as another way of investigating the ... «The Detroit News, Jul 15»

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