All 4 Uses of
condescending
in
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- Another word with approximately the same meaning, pity (French,pitie; Italian,pieta; etc.), connotes a certain condescension towards the sufferer.†
Chpt 1condescension = the act of treating others as inferiors; or the act of doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity
- The other three radiated condescending benevolence.†
Chpt 4condescending = treating others as inferior; or doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity
- dismiss it with a condescending laugh
Chpt 7 *condescending = treating as inferior and beneath respect
- Her own love she considered above reproach, while his seemed mere condescension.†
Chpt 7condescension = the act of treating others as inferiors; or the act of doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity