condescend

But that condescending dismissal misses the point — both the point of the original 4B movement and why American women are talking about it now.

The adult characters are shown to respond in an over-protective and condescending way - a striking criticism of the way society often treats disabled people.

It never condescends to Sisters Barnes and Paxton and they always have sound rebuttals at the ready; they are also observant, smart and canny.

Scott Jennings, a conservative political strategist, said on CNN he saw the results as a “revenge of just the regular old working class American, the anonymous American who has been crushed, insulted, condescended.”

I found him smug, a bit condescending, and evasive.