Sentences with word «dismissiveness»

The slow federal response, and President Trump's overall dismissiveness of the disaster, shed new light on the problem of having no real representation in Washington.

This recent demand for a moratorium on charter schools has a familiar ring of dismissiveness towards the plight of the other 90 % of Black America.

More curiosity and less dismissiveness.

«His general attitude,» writes Gottlieb, «is an instance of what might be called the higher dismissiveness.

Respect for even the fundamentalist heritage would be more seemly than snide dismissiveness.

Like you I attempt to create relationships with the abused where they feel empowered to talk openly about the abuse they've experienced without fear of further victimization by dismissiveness and / or accusations.

In her body language, in her imperious dismissiveness of her parents» obvious efforts to please, Michelle comes across as a typical 14 - year - old.

The idea of comparing Sterling to Ozil is not the crime — notwithstanding the basic fact that they are different types of players in different positions with different roles — it is the follow - up arrogant dismissiveness.

«Who knows — but it really colors the way that they look at this issue, and leads to an irrational dismissiveness about prospects for meeting much or all of our projected future energy demand through renewable energy.»

Actual gunshot wounds must be treated with general dismissiveness, otherwise the reality would be too harsh.

In the time since he had started working at the firm, Jacob had detected a casual dismissiveness in his father's tone, as though his father somehow sensed Jacob's uncertainties, and disdained them.

For one thing, there's a passion, even a nervous derision or tempered contempt or dismissiveness offered to self - published authors in most of the opinion pieces I've read.

Mellon, the video notes, called Edwards» campaign office in order to donate money but was initially treated with patronising dismissiveness.

Although dismissiveness is a problem for both sides, too.

We need to listen, validate, acknowledge with interest and not dismissiveness, the latter of which can certainly make someone feel less important in the relationship.

Shame, isolation, humiliation, and the lack of willingness to participate from a partner, sometimes to the point of extreme dismissiveness, as well as the expense, create barriers to obtaining the assistance needed in order to restore a happy and healthy sexual life.

This recent demand for a moratorium on charter schools has a familiar ring of dismissiveness towards the plight of the other 90 percent of Black America.

Amongst those taken aback by the speed and dismissiveness of Renault's reply was Pierre Gattaz, the president of France's largest employer federation (Medef), who professed himself «shocked» by the swiftness of the board's action, and «uneasy» that the proposal that had been «forced through» in the face of shareholder opposition.

Dismissiveness is one of those qualities that is fairly common, but it's difficult to know when you have it.

When people said I had a «little pink pill» and patted me on the shoulder, I understood there was some dismissiveness there, and that's what needed to be addressed.

His dismissiveness of such rule - making agencies may have been supercharged by past experience.

On June 30, star investor Chris Sacca wrote on Medium that he took some personal responsibility for «the unrelenting, day - to - day culture of dismissiveness that creates a continually bleak environment for women and other underrepresented groups» in Silicon Valley (shortly before allegations of his own sexual misconduct emerged in the same piece that broke the story about McClure).

When a thinker comes along with arguments that undermine so many conventional assumptions with which people have become comfortable over a long time, dismissiveness and virulent opposition are to be expected.

Should not the very language of their dismissiveness give these defenders pause for asking whether, if it is the conservatives who are unhappy, it may be because the liberals are getting their way in using the ecclesiastical machinery to promote their ends?

What are the fruits of atheism: selfishness, dismissiveness, anxiety, insults.

Dismissiveness of those who do not toe the familiar line likely has something to do with confidence in one's own position, or the lack thereof.

Colin's statement smacks of the brand of sweeping arrogance and dismissiveness that atheists find so grating in theists.

The level of wilfull ignorance and dismissiveness of science in America just to cling to tradition is astounding to me..

Behind this dismissiveness lies the dualism that is more and more common today: the tendency to disconnect body from spirit and to reject the Catholic approach that the body is part of the person and that its physical functions are meant to reflect and fulfil the aspirations of the soul.

Honestly I find the dismissiveness of people towards Coquelin ridiculous.

«Given that Cuomo's administration has made gender equality a major part of its platform, responding to a viable woman challenger with snark and dismissiveness is a particularly bad look.»

Cameron's ambitious and yet puny re-negotiation, the wariness of EU members and the dismissiveness of Tory MPs would not matter if it were not for the in / out referendum being staged at the end of the sequence.

Do you think that was a sign of respect for women and their bodies... or a deliberate sign of contempt and dismissiveness?

«The arrogance, the dismissiveness.

«Voters seem to be very open to something different and skeptical of some of the dismissiveness we got from some of the insiders,» she said of campaign that began with $ 8,000 to Cuomo's $ 30 million.

But dismissiveness towards teaching was — and still is — all too common at institutions that emphasize research.

I'd been dishing out angry criticism and he'd been greeting me with stonewalling and dismissiveness.

This behavior begets angry criticism, which in turn draws stonewalling and dismissiveness.

Not that the guy can cling to his stubborn rationalism for long: There's no coming back from the enlightenment trip Swinton's sagely mentor sends him on, as sudden comeuppance for his dismissiveness — a dazzlingly surreal plunge through multiple planes of existence that's like the slapstick answer to 2001's closing voyage into starchildhood.

Everything from Gary Oldman «s face to the exquisite production design is permeated with a deep, wrenching sadness; crumbling, middle - aged men shouting at the tide, who somehow haven't noticed that they're no longer part of a superpower (the dismissiveness with which the CIA treats Toby Jones «prized source is one of many, many beautifully understated moments).

While this is mostly York's show (considering the men all behave the same in their lusting lasciviousness or dismissiveness), Cathryn Harrison (daughter of Rex, who would later headline Louis Malle's equally cerebral fairy tale Black Moon in 1975) provides a fitting, willowy counterpart.

... [She has] a dismissiveness and lack of basic understanding that is truly disturbing.»

Likewise, her retort about a serious conflict of interest involving former Supt. Ramon C. Cortines — «I don't know what is interesting here,» she said in an interview with The Times» editorial board — reflects a dismissiveness and lack of basic understanding that is truly disturbing.

Before sharing student feedback data with his school staff, Dr. Sapp wisely anticipated some of the common reactions to tough data: defensiveness, dismissiveness, downplaying the negative, and feeling dejected.

When the GamerGate movement began defining its focus as being about «ethics in games journalism» they inevitably invited the mockery and dismissiveness such a highfalutin turn of phrase deserved.