This means that when someone becomes too comfortable or satisfied in a situation, they may start to feel disdain or disrespect for it. The idea is that being complacent can lead to overlooking flaws or taking things for granted, which in turn can result in contempt.
The opposite of complacency is diligence or vigilance. It refers to actively working towards goals, staying alert, and being motivated to improve and succeed.
"Worthy of contempt" implies that something or someone has done something deserving of strong disapproval or scorn. While it does connote a negative judgment, whether it is inherently "bad" can be subjective and dependent on individual perspectives.
contempt, scorn, arrogance, derision, haughtiness, superciliousness
do you mean "pejorative"?from Oxford American Dictionary:adjective: expressing contempt or disapproval ("Permissiveness is used almost universally as a pejorative term.") Also, you may mean the word prerogative which means the right to have/say/do something because of one's position or knowledge.
a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior
No, the saying "familiarity breeds contempt" is not found in the Bible. However, the concept of becoming overly familiar with someone or something leading to a loss of respect or appreciation can be seen in certain passages that warn against complacency or taking things for granted.
The phrase is "familiarity breeds contempt". It means that we tend to lose appreciation for those individuals who are around us most.
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It means that you often become so accustomed to familiar things and people that you no longer value them.
According to Quotation #28892 from Classic Quotes: "Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration" - a sentiment ascribed to Apuleius.
The cast of Apathy Breeds Contempt - 2008 includes: Justin Larsen as Piggy Nicholas Wilder as Young Man
How about the old adage 'Familiarity breeds contempt'.
Its an adaptation of the phrase "familiarity breeds contempt" which is to say that spending lots of time doing something, being with someone, etc... means you will grow to dislike the activity, person, etc... In this phrase its is turned on its head, instead of growing to hate something you will grow to love it as you spend more time devoted to something.
"Familiarity breeds contempt" refers to the idea that the more time one spends with another person, the more they start to dislike them. This is a cause of many divorces.
Being popular means being hated.If someone or something is popular, inevitably someone else will end up disliking it merely for the fact that it is popular.
The suffix of "complacency" is "-cy."
It means that you often become so accustomed to familiar things and people that you no longer value them.