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The phrase "the ridicule" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to mockery or contempt directed at someone or something.
Example: "He faced the ridicule of his peers after making that mistake."
Alternatives: "the mockery" or "the scorn."
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the ridicule
verb
To criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of
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The ridicule was instantaneous.
The State Legislature felt the ridicule.
The ridicule was something else.
That drew the ridicule of conservative students.
Now we're at the ridicule stage.
The former FIA president Max Mosley led the ridicule.
Yet Bale escaped the ridicule and condemnation that Suárez received.
It is a hazard of his expertise, the ridicule.
Some students think they can handle the ridicule themselves.
And of course the explanation is in the ridicule.
Pascal Chimbonda has grown used to the ridicule.
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