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Condescension or
Condescendence is a form of
incivility wherein the
speaker displays an
attitude of
patronizing superiority or contempt. Condescension...
- (Divine)
Accommodation (or
condescension) is the
theological principle that God,
while being in his
nature unknowable and unreachable, has nevertheless...
- Luciani's policies. In the
words of John Cornwell, "they
treated him with
condescension"; one
senior cleric discussing Luciani said "they have
elected Peter...
- old
school friends, who are in
secure positions and
treat him with
condescension. His
aggression turns inward on to
himself and he
tries to humiliate...
- behavior,
especially later in her career, was also in
response to the
condescension and ****ism of her male co-stars and directors.
Biographer Lois Banner...
- manner". In its
original use,
mansplaining differed from
other forms of
condescension in that it was said to be
rooted in the ****umption that a man is likely...
- to
express genuine sympathy but
sometimes as an
insult that
conveys condescension, derision, or contempt. It may also be
spoken as a
precursor to an insult...
- insincere,
pejorative usage, pity
connotes feelings of superiority,
condescension, or contempt.
Psychologists see pity
arising in
early childhood out...
- with in the movies, but
McConaughey nails this guy
without a hint of
condescension or whimsy,
claiming this
character for all time as his own". In 1994...
- O'Connor
wrote that "few
artifacts of po****r
culture invite more
condescension than the made-for-television movie". Network-made
television movies...
