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Condescension or
Condescendence is a form of
incivility wherein the
speaker displays an
attitude of
patronizing superiority or contempt. Condescension...
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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...
- for Russians. The term is
generally considered to be
derogatory or
condescending and
reciprocal to the
Russian term
khokhol for Ukrainians.
Another ethnic...
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invited him to Rome, and
honored with his friendship: the
emperor even
condescended to set the
thesis of a
declamation for him.[citation needed]
After the...
- 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...
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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...
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individuals who are
segregated to
certain environments should not be
condescended to, as Miss Moore, the
educated outsider,
creates resistance with her...
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always been the voice. Not the
timbre so much as, well, the tone – the
condescending explanatory whine which treats the
squirming interlocutor as an eight-year-old...
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other cases with
reference to Iago,
where it has a
double meaning—as a
condescending term for a
social inferior, and as a
reference to his
supposed truthfulness...
- (including so-called "yuppies"),
which has been
cited as the
basis for
condescending prejudice over
social status in some criticisms. However, the style...
