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Contempt: The Biggest Relationship Threat

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Linda: The esteemed relationship expert, John Gottman uses the term, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse to refer to four of the biggest threats to relationships.

They are criticism, defensiveness, stonewalling, and contempt. If you guessed contempt as the most threatening of the four, congratulations, you’re right.

If you’re unclear about the definition of contempt or unsure of how it differs from anger or resentment, here’s how the dictionary defines it: contempt: a feeling towards another that they are unworthy of any degree of respect and deserving only of scorn and condemnation; beneath all consideration.

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