condescending
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To providers themselves, however, this is condescending, victim-blaming nonsense.
From Salon • May 18, 2026
“He could be loud, at times obnoxious, but he was always one of the boys. He was never condescending to anybody.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
“Sir, what I’m getting upset about a little bit here is your tone, that you’re saying it in a condescending way,” Mullin responded.
From Slate • Mar. 18, 2026
Though his acidic sense of humour -- criticised as condescending by some -- is evident throughout, Parr's 180 photographs also amount to a portrait of human folly and environmental destruction.
From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026
Though he did not treat them as equals—he didn’t treat anyone as an equal, exactly—neither did he resort to the condescending friendliness of the wealthy.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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