condescension
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This makes for puckish satire of the literati and its highly cultured brand of condescension; at times the movie feels like a South American spin on a Noah Baumbach film.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
The Cuban president then criticised Feitó-Cabrera at the parliamentary session - albeit without mentioning her by name - saying the leadership could not "act with condescension" or be "disconnected from the realities" of the people.
From BBC • Jul. 16, 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
Then we can talk about specific groups’ concerns — but here we’ve got to avoid any hint of the condescension that so often seeps into our message.
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2025
And in any case one should not confuse clarity with condescension.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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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