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Definition
treating others as inferior; or doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity
- But I couldn't stand the condescension.Book 5 — Exodus (70% in)
condescension = a manner that treats others as inferiors
(editor's note: The suffix "-sion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in admission from admit, discussion from discuss, and invasion from invade.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-sion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in admission from admit, discussion from discuss, and invasion from invade.)
- Exploitive and condescending, in the name of steering her clear of the moral decline inevitable to her nature.Book 5 — Exodus (59% in)
There are no more uses of "condescending" in The Poisonwood Bible.
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