Scorn politician replacing second in dispute (8)
I believe the answer is:
contempt
'scorn' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'politician replacing second in dispute' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'politician' could be 'con' and 'con' is located in the answer.
'replacing second' could be 'e' (2nd letter of 'replacing') and 'e' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for contempt that I've seen before include "Disobedience to the rule of court of law" , "Feeling of despising something - perhaps court?" , "Disdain or disrespect, perhaps or court" , "bad behaviour in court" , "Feeling of disdain, perhaps of court" .)