condescension

Example Sentences

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There’s a whiff of that famous Marie savior complex again, along with a good dose of condescension.

From Scientific American

Gomis spotlights this moment’s aura of condescension and disrespect by giving “Rewind & Play” the cheeky subtitle, which was also Monk’s retort, “It’s Not Nice?”

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s a condescension,”— and it’s a real problem, he said.

From Los Angeles Times

The autobiographical stories here — set on buses, or on Grindr dates, or on the pitted streets of New York — are calibrated to blast away condescension and replace it with something closer to comprehension.

From New York Times

The problem was the condescension of colleagues — of certain male conductors and of the male managers and directors of orchestras and cultural institutions.

From New York Times