condescension

Example Sentences

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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

Partnered people begrudge the pressure; single people resent the condescension.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2025

It is, in its own way, an insidious form of condescension.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2025

“He could smell out condescension, a slight, an air of superiority or a snub at a thousand paces; and at once smelt, he could charge after it with quite shocking abandon.”

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024

“Welcome,” he said, leaning to shake my hand, and in his voice I heard the enthusiasm and condescension of a man accustomed to working with adolescents.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt