蔑視

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 蔑視 (べっし) is a noun for contemptuously regarding a person or group as inferior.
• Basic usage: 人を蔑視する態度 describes looking down on someone because of occupation, while 周囲からの蔑視に耐える makes external contempt what a researcher endures.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Source and target of contempt
  • 人を蔑視する makes a person the target, whereas 周囲からの蔑視 makes others the source. The direction should not be reversed into self-denigration by the victim.