How to pronounce derision
Listen to derision in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“derision” in real sentences
70 clips in the index · 5 American · 30 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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And it was a term of derision.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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both with fear and derision and equal measure.
Channel 4 News · hear it here
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And I will be subjected to the derision online.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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word “glee,” or used derision, made comments, derisive comments?
State Department · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of derision. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.