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The phrase "and derision of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express contempt or ridicule directed towards someone or something, often in a critical context.
Example: "The speech was met with laughter and derision of the opposing viewpoint."
Alternatives: "and mockery of" or "and scorn for".
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I am immune to the scorn and derision of even my family and friends.
The subtext of the Thanksgiving argument, in which he and Annabelle unite to defend the president against the disgust and derision of the others, is clear enough.
Religious discourse in the US has too long been characterised by a poisonous mix of finger-pointing and derision of all views that fall outside one's own narrowly-defined spectrum.
David Kernis Trumbull, Conn., Jan . 9 2008 To the Editor: Re "Can Hillary Cry Her Way Back to the White House?," by Maureen Dowd (column, Jan . 9: Hillary Rodham Clinton's recent display of an emotion other than steely resolve and the obsessive dissection and derision of it left me feeling confused.
With a fine balance between current affairs and fart jokes, self-mockery and derision of celebrities (Graham Norton is 'like a pink jackboot stamping on a human face for all eternity'), Lee, co-writer of Jerry Springer: The Opera, delivers so many good lines at such high density that the audience barely has time to keep up.
Rand's celebration of the individual and derision of the group is, among other things, a matter of nostalgia for a peculiar sort of inventor — the kind who, like the Lumière brothers or Georges Méliès when they developed the cinema, worked as conceptualizers, engineers, and craftsman.
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Even before the release however, the game was attracting interest – and derision – for its use of full motion video.
I invite you to share any and all expressions of scorn and derision for Wisconsin in the comments.
Cuomo ordered a similar review after Hurricane Irene, when several utilities, including the Long Island Power Authority, likewise invoked the wrath of state and local politicians and the derision of customers.
On the surface he's full of whimsy, but there's a tough streak of spite and derision in some of his material.
But he was also another turn in the face of a real war — the soldier who five years ago disappeared from his unit and now faces the embrace of his parents and the derision of fellow warriors who regard him as a deserter.
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