dismissive attitude

collocation in English

meaningsofdismissiveandattitude

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dismissive
adjective
uk
/dɪˈsmɪs.ɪv/us
/dɪˈsmɪs.ɪv/
showing that you do not think something is ...
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attitude
noun
uk
/ˈæt.ɪ.tʃuːd/us
/ˈæt̬.ə.tuːd/
a feeling or opinion about something or someone, or a way of behaving that is caused ...
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(Definition ofdismissiveandattitudefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is a casual anddismissiveattitudetowards our responsibilities for conservation to claim that it does not matter because the birds will go elsewhere.
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The evidence positively reeks of thisdismissiveattitude.
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We are making our case in the light of thedismissiveattitudeto the new clause.
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Some newspapers had an almostdismissiveattitudeto truth, facts and standards of objective reporting.
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Thedismissiveattitudeof planners towards coach travel leaves much to be desired.
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It used to be fashionable in universities to adopt a snobbish anddismissiveattitudetowards the training of teachers.
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I was a little disconcerted by his ratherdismissiveattitudeto what can happen on those major roads, which go through areas where people live.
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There is no need for arrogance or for adismissiveattitude.
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As far as it went, that is welcome to those of us who have been used to the at timesdismissiveattitudeof his predecessor.
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However, it shows adismissiveattitudetowards one of the most pressing social challenges confronting this country.
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I agree with virtually everything that he said—apart from his slightlydismissiveattitudetowards the concept of resort casinos.
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That is adismissiveattitudeto an important social revolution which, slowly but surely, some of their trade union colleagues are beginning to endorse.
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That showed a cavalier anddismissiveattitude.
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Is he aware that hisdismissiveattitudetowards providing assistance for the industry in this its hour of need will not be forgotten by the fishing communities?
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She gained prominence when she overcame thedismissiveattitudeof veteran commanders and lifted the siege in only nine days.
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Journalists have written about thedismissiveattitudeof many metal fans.
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Perowne'sdismissiveattitudetowards literature is directly contrasted with his scientific world-view in his struggle to comprehend the modern world.
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