Condescension

/kɑndiˈsɛnʃən/

Synonyms for "condescension" (49 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Noun(6 words)
disdainarrogancebabyingbelittling languagecondescending rhetoriccondescendingness
arrogancearrogantnessassumption of superioritycondescendence

Strong matches (15)

deigningdomineeringdomineeringnesshaughtinesshaughty airshauteurhigh horsehoity toityhoity-toitinesshoity-toityloftinessolympian detachmentolympian loftiness

Related words (24)

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5 entries
demeaning languagehaughtinesspatronizationsmugnesstalking down

Collocations

6 entries
belittling attitudedemeaning languageovert condescensionpatronizationpatronizing toneperceived condescension

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

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Your impertinent attempts at national self-humilitiation have the vagary of a demented maniac, provide you with no condescension but accumulate contempt in the eyes of others and your total worthlessness is congruentially equivallent to your repugnantly low grammatic skills.

Source: tatoeba (2915587)

The condescension in this article is unbearable.

Source: tatoeba (5933768)

I don't need a doctor, nor your condescension.

Source: tatoeba (9754192)

That ineffable condescension of a God made man, shedding his blood for the redemption of all men, was the most powerful motive that induced the Church to take such a zealous interest in the manumission of slaves.

Source: tatoeba (12434229)

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