Both Uses
condescending
in
The Great Gatsby
(Edited)
- Instead of rambling, this party had preserved a dignified homogeneity, and assumed to itself the function of representing the staid nobility of the country-side — East Egg condescending to West Egg, and...
p. 44.9 *condescending = treating others as inferior; or doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity
- He smiled with jovial condescension, and added:
p. 49.9condescension = as though interacting with someone beneath his position or dignity
Definitions:
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(1)
(condescending) treating others as inferior; or doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)