noun
- plural of contemner; people who treat someone or something with contempt or scorn
Usage: formal; often used in legal or literary contexts
Examples
- The contemners of tradition often fail to appreciate its historical value.
- She faced many contemners who dismissed her ideas without consideration.
- The law holds contemners of court accountable for their disrespect.
- Contemners of authority may face serious consequences.
- Despite the contemners in the audience, the speaker continued with conviction.
- The contemners of science ignore evidence-based research.