Both Uses of
condescending
in
A Thousand Splendid Suns
- He patted the heads of some, as he passed by, said a cordial word or two to them, tousled their hair, without condescension.†
p. 316..5
- ...the sheer exertion it had taken her to live with him for all these years, live with his continual condescension and violence, his faultfinding and meanness.
p. 348..8 *condescension = a manner that treats others as inferiors
Definition:
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(condescending) treating others as inferior; or doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity