All 3 Uses of
condescending
in
Man And Superman
- The only moral force you condescend to parade is the force of your wit: the only demand you make in public is the demand of your artistic temperament for symmetry, elegance, style, grace, refinement, and the cleanliness which comes next to godliness if not before it.†
Chpt Ded.
- But when the crisis is over he takes his revenge, swaggering as the breadwinner, and speaking of Woman's "sphere" with condescension, even with chivalry, as if the kitchen and the nursery were less important than the office in the city.†
Chpt Ded. *
- He condescends to look in upon us here from time to time.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(condescending) treating others as inferior; or doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity