Sentence examples for exhibit contempt from inspiring English sources

Aijaz Ahmad has argued that, despite Spivak's claims to be working within the Marxist tradition, her essays exhibit contempt for materialism, rationalism, and progress, the core features of Marxism (Ahmad 1997).

Publication of mocking or obscene images of others' sacred objects appears to me to be a form of graphic spitting, less about free speech – there are other ways to advance a legitimate argument – than about exhibiting contempt, advertising one's cleverness, and selling magazines.

Arrogantly dismissing the feasibility of pursuing a career in research exhibits contempt for those who have, and will likely offend even the most affable of advisors.

Sturgeon wastes few opportunities to exhibit her contempt and disdain for Tories and occasionally seems to spit the word "Tory" out as if she were chewing a wasp.

In the absence of such information, they often exhibit a contempt for the military because they do not see it as relevant to their own lives.

Instead of anthropological curiosity, this film exhibits preprepared contempt.

To many Clinton Administration officials, the affair exhibited flagrant contempt for the rule of law.

Mr. Durst skipped the hearing and became a fugitive; Ms. Pirro told reporters outside the courtroom: "The defendant has exhibited his contempt for the court.

The counterculture exhibited its contempt for liberalism's sense of propriety in a thousand ways.

But for years, Wall Street has exhibited only contempt for anyone on the government payroll who did not work for the Fed.

We cannot directly negotiate with a power that has this level of control and exhibits such contempt for the rights and existence of our people.