軽蔑

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 軽蔑 is read as けいべつ and is a noun and する verb for contempt toward someone regarded as inferior or unworthy.
• Basic usage: The feeling appears in 軽蔑を感じる, while its human target appears in 相手を軽蔑する.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Difference from 嫌悪
  • 嫌悪 is aversion or disgust; 軽蔑 centers on looking down on and devaluing someone.
• Marking cause and target
  • に can mark what provokes contempt, while the person directly despised takes を with 軽蔑する.