Condescension

//kɑndiˈsɛnʃən//

Synonyms for "condescension" (41 found)

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Translations

29 translations across 16 languages.

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Bulgarian

3 entries
  • благоволе́ние noun (act of condescending)
  • снизходи́телност noun (act of condescending)
  • снизхожде́ние noun (act of condescending)

Danish

2 entries
  • nedladenhed noun (act of condescending)
  • overlegenhed noun (act of condescending)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • malaltiĝo noun (act of condescending)

Finnish

2 entries
  • alentuminen noun (act of condescending)
  • alentuvuus noun (patronizing attitude or behavior)

French

1 entries
  • condescendance noun (act of condescending)

German

2 entries
  • Herablassung noun (act of condescending)
  • Kondeszendenz noun (act of condescending)

Greek

2 entries
  • καταδεκτικότητα noun (act of condescending)
  • συγκαταβατικότητα noun (act of condescending)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • leereszkedés noun (act of condescending)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • снисходливост noun (act of condescending)

Polish

2 entries
  • protekcjonalizm noun (patronizing attitude or behavior)
  • protekcjonalność noun (patronizing attitude or behavior)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • condescendência noun (act of condescending)

Romanian

3 entries
  • amabilitate noun (act of condescending)
  • bunăvoință noun (act of condescending)
  • condescendență noun (act of condescending)

Russian

4 entries
  • благоволе́ние noun (act of condescending)
  • ми́лость noun (act of condescending)
  • снисходи́тельность noun (act of condescending)
  • снисхожде́ние noun (act of condescending)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • snishodljivost noun (act of condescending)
  • снисходљивост noun (act of condescending)

Swedish

1 entries
  • nedlåtenhet noun (act of condescending)

Turkish

1 entries
  • kibir noun (act of condescending)

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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