καταφρόνησις

kataphronesis

contempt, disdain

Appears 9 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 6
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Book V 6
Chapter 2 1302a16–1302b4

1302b2

Chapter 3 1302b5–1303b16

1302b25

Chapter 10 1310a39–1313a14

1311a25
1312a1
1312a7
1312b19
Rhetoric 3
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Book II 3
Chapter 2 1378a30–1380a9

1378b15

Chapter 3 1380a10–1380b34

1380a21

Chapter 11 1388a31–1388b30

1388b23

Dictionary (LSJ)

καταφρόνησις, εως, ἡ, A. contempt, disdain, Th. 1.122, Pl. R. 558b, Arist. Rh. 1378b14, D.S. 1.93, etc.; disregard, neglect, PMasp. 94.13 (vi A.D.), etc.; εἰς κ. ἄγειν τοὺς λόγους D.H. Orat.Vett. 2; περὶ ἀλόγου κ., title of work by Polystratus: also without any bad sense, opp. αὔχημα, Th. 2.62.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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