Both Uses of
condescending
in
Jane Eyre
- The equality between her and me was real; not the mere result of condescension on her part: so much the better — my position was all the freer.†
p. 119.5 *condescension = the act of treating others as inferiors; or the act of doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity
- He had deigned an explanation, almost an apology, and I did not feel insensible to his condescension, and would not seem so.†
p. 156.9
Definition:
treating others as inferior; or doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity