exaggerated respect
Example Sentences
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Young’s definition of inspiration porn covers moments like that, when disabled people receive exaggerated respect for just “getting out of bed and remembering our own names in the morning.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2021
Of course, with the benefit of hindsight the decisions of the trailing captain are questioned while those of his rival are treated with exaggerated respect.
From Reuters ● Sep. 27, 2014
"As the games approach, on the eve of each of them, we're overtaken by qualms, the exaggerated respect, the risk of embarrassment, the fear of pain, of humiliation. That is inevitable," he writes.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2014
While Epstein's definition of snobbery is conventional--the exaggerated respect for status--his critique of it is uniquely moral: "The snob's error," he says, "is to put good taste before a good heart."
From Time Magazine Archive
Passersby say hello to the Doctorita, often with exaggerated respect.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
