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condescending

adj
/ˈkɔn.dɪ.sɛnd.ɪŋ/UK/ˌkɑndəˈsɛndɪŋ/US

Definitions

  1. Assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.

    • Quit talking to me in that condescending tone! You always treat me like a child!
    • The housekeeper, a very decorative brunette of thirty-five with a pseudo-English accent, greeted him with a mixture of grateful effusion and condescending patronage.

  2. present participle and gerund of condescend

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at condescending. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at condescending. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at condescending

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA