condescension
Example Sentences
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It exemplifies how the film treats its subjects as complex individuals rather than engaging them with condescension.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
What angered Scots-Irish Americans most was elite condescension, which aroused the populist uprising that put Jackson in the White House.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
The sit-down turned acrimonious, with the Chinese accusing the Americans of "condescension and hypocrisy".
From BBC • Aug. 12, 2025
He also offered more of the condescension toward his colleagues that defined the video — at one point referring to them as his “amateur gunsmithing colleagues” and blasting their decision as inept.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025
He fussed over my condescension in deigning to learn anything about his country.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing condescension
A Christmas Carol
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
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