Exouthenismos; or, Contempt An Expression of Feeling by way of Contempt

Ex´-ou-then-is´-mos . Greek, ἐξουθενισμός, scorn, contempt, or disparagement .

The figure is used where a speaker or writer expresses contempt of anything.

See 2 Samuel 6:20 . Job 26:2, Jeremiah 22:23 .


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