condescension
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
condescension (uncountable)
- The act of condescending; a manner of behaving toward others in an outwardly polite way that nevertheless implies one’s own superiority to the others; patronizing courtesy toward inferiors.
- Conscious condescension breeds panderers and enemies, not friends.
- (usually, uncountable, pejorative) A patronizing attitude or behavior. [from 1930s]
- (the act of condescending) condescendence
- condescend
- condescending (adjective)
- French: condescendance
- German: Herablassung, Kondeszendenz
- Portuguese: condescendência
- Russian: снисхожде́ние
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