However, it seems we have become too extreme in our dismissiveness.

His general attitude is an instance of what might be called the higher dismissiveness.

About the only drawback is dismissiveness from my friends and family.

She spoke with the dismissiveness of someone who was highly ambitious.

It is possible that frustrations may account for some of the dismissiveness.

Her tone was at once swollen with dismissiveness and disgust.

His tone struck the perfect balance between anger and dismissiveness.

Such dismissiveness is often echoed by observers of the international diplomatic scene.

It also carries a sense of resignation, or alternatively, dismissiveness.

There is only a certain dismissiveness and this silent reproach: "They don't remember."

There is history between the 19-year-old American and Simon which might serve to explain her dismissiveness.

Why then does his theory arouse such passionate dismissiveness and scorn?

This dismissiveness and evasion requires us to elevate the investigation to a new level.

I couldn't see her features, but I could hear the dismissiveness in her voice.

But the show lacks the dismissiveness that that interpretation implies.

The trick would be to convert the misery and dismissiveness of the phrase into something better than acceptance.

His dismissiveness about Elvis seemed like the proof.

The sum effect, unfortunately, is of dismissiveness instead of impetuosity.

The President's crisp dismissiveness, when challenged about Hiroshima, did not help his case.

Yet it was hard to put your finger on what was lacking, aside from his dismissiveness of the shrimp situation.

Louise spoke his name but he waved a hand behind him, shooing away her appeal in angry dismissiveness, and went on.

He said it amounted to "arrogance and dismissiveness".

"They were dual, really," he says, in marked contrast to the let's-move-on dismissiveness of the others.

Can we ever predict whether honesty with a doctor will be met with brusque dismissiveness?

Non-confrontational, there was only the occasional flash of Mourinho's famous dismissiveness.