condescension
nounEtymology
From Latin condēscēnsiō.
- derived from condēscēnsiō
Definitions
The act of condescending
The act of condescending; a manner of behaving in an outwardly polite way that nevertheless implies superiority to another; patronizing courtesy toward inferiors.
- Conscious condescension breeds panderers and enemies, not friends.
A patronizing attitude or behavior.
- He's a snob of the first water and views the lower orders with infinite condescension.
- Tommy rarely entered the top social stratum where Tyckman moved by right of wealth and ancestry, but he had found the man pleasant and without condescension.
- Jabez rides through the fields on his sleek new horse, watching his neighbors harvest his crops. He shows a certain condescension toward them which is akin to arrogance.
Courtesy, affability of a superior towards an inferior.
The neighborhood
- neighborcondescend
- neighborcondescending
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at condescension. 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.
A definitional loop anchored at condescension. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
6 hops · closes at condescension
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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