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condescension

noun

con·​de·​scen·​sion ˌkän-di-ˈsen(t)-shən How to pronounce condescension (audio)
1
: patronizing attitude or behavior
scoffing condescension by the "we know better than you" people A. J. Anderson
2
: voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in relations with an inferior

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The artistic censorship Lizzo and Beyoncé embrace is really just condescension. Armond White, National Review, 3 Aug. 2022 The deal is struck: Ben will put together one of those portraits in cross-cultural condescension that is sure to excite liberal urban listeners on the coasts. Kyle Smith, WSJ, 28 July 2022 Harper is under siege by multiple manifestations of toxic masculinity—lechery, neediness, condescension, even Geoffrey’s uncomfortable banter. David Sims, The Atlantic, 25 May 2022 Your sensitivity meter doesn’t have to be in overdrive to detect the racial condescension in these depictions of Thomas. Rich Lowry, National Review, 1 Apr. 2022 But condescension is bad, particularly across the color line and particularly at this moment in the history of race relations. David Remnick, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2022 The vain and flailing struggle to make films of social significance is part and parcel of the self-aware emptiness, the deliberate condescension, of most movies that make actors and directors rich and famous. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2022 It's done with such a tinge of condescension or derision with women. ELLE, 28 Mar. 2022 Without condescension or sentimentality, Haigh describes people who aspire to live in a double-wide trailer, who must decide between paying the water bill and the cable bill, who feel the humiliation of using food stamps. Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin condescension-, condescensio, from condescendere — see condescend

First Known Use

1647, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of condescension was in 1647

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