Condescension Definition

kŏndĭ-sĕnshən
noun
Act or instance of condescending.
Webster's New World
A patronizing manner or behavior.
Webster's New World

The act of condescending; voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors. syn.

Conscious condescension breeds panderers and enemies, not friends.
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Noun

Singular:
condescension
Plural:
condescensions

Origin of Condescension

  • Late Latin condēscēnsiō condēscēnsiōn- from condēscēnsus past participle of condēscendere to condescend condescend

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Condescension Sentence Examples

  • Natasha did not like the visitor's tone of condescension to childish things.

  • There was a shade of condescension and patronage in his treatment of Berg and Vera.

  • Muraviev, who already carried his nomination in his pocket, resented this condescension, and relegated Isvolsky to Belgrade and to Munich, where he had the rank of a minister plenipotentiary.

  • The law of subordination is based on God's gracious condescension to a sinful humanity in the person of his Son Jesus Christ.

  • He wrote also a number of essays, such as "My Garden Acquaintance," "A Good Word for Winter," "On a Certain Condescension in Foreigners," which were incursions into the field of nature and society.

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