condescension
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Fastvold doesn’t judge Lee’s convictions; there isn’t an ounce of cynicism or condescension.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025
Endowed with a formidable hauteur, her Jocasta acts graciously, but with an unmistakable note of condescension.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025
Woolf was a snob, but she was hardly unique in her condescension.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
While explaining that the paper used to occupy the whole building, employing over 1000 people, our frenemy Ken remarks, “That’s absolutely insane, if I do say so myself,” saucing each word with condescension.
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2025
Her condescension, being wholly restrained, was all the more potent.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing condescension
A Christmas Carol
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
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