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Condescendence
Condescendence Con`de*scend"ence, Condescendency Con`de*scend"en*cy, n. [Cf. F. condescendance.] Condescension. [Obs.]
Condescendency
Condescendence Con`de*scend"ence, Condescendency Con`de*scend"en*cy, n. [Cf. F. condescendance.] Condescension. [Obs.]
Condescendingly
Condescendingly Con`de*scend"ing*ly, adv. In a condescending manner. --Atterbury.

Meaning of Condescend from wikipedia

- Condescension or Condescendence is a form of incivility wherein the speaker displays an attitude of patronizing superiority or contempt. Condescension...
- "Condescending Wonka" is an Internet meme based on the 1971 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory film directed by Mel Stuart. The meme emerged in 2011...
- addressee does not actually already possess the knowledge, it may be a way to condescend: the speaker suspected as much but wanted to call attention to the addressee's...
- for Russians. The term is generally considered to be derogatory or condescending and reciprocal to the Russian term khokhol for Ukrainians. Another ethnic...
- meaning "(for a man) to comment on or explain something, to a woman, in a condescending, overconfident, and often inaccurate or oversimplified manner". In its...
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- her rector, Mr. Collins. She is haughty, pompous, domineering, and condescending and has long planned to marry off her sickly daughter to Darcy to 'unite...
- superior and condescending," Roger Ebert said that "these are not sins if you have something to be smug about and much reason to condescend." He gave the...
- Americans and advocates of Native American rights believe that it is condescending for such lands to be considered "held in trust" and regulated in any...
- unlikable to the point where you don't care what happens to them, and Ephron condescends to the material." On Metacritic it has a score of 31 out of 100 based...