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condescension

noun as in disdain, superiority

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She could have given an answer that would blunt the perceptions of liberal condescension, seize the flag, earn herself a reputation as a bold truth-teller and crush Trump’s dominance game.

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Liberal condescension born of ignorance of New York’s daily reality will be further fodder for the right wing.

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"Racism is the core of their campaign and yet they want a public discourse in which the very idea that they're racist is not only absurd, but offensive and indicative of liberal condescension and bias."

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The New York Times, which had vigorously supported the Iraq invasion published four op-eds defending Strauss, polemics that employed ridicule and condescension against the unsophisticated critics who supposedly didn’t “get” the philosopher’s subtle arguments.

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My colleagues and I also found it when we analyzed the language Donald Trump uses to appeal to white working-class voters in his campaign speeches, especially in response to perceived elite condescension.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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