Condescension Synonyms and Antonyms

kŏndĭ-sĕnshən
Superciliously indulgent treatment, especially of those considered inferior
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. patronization
  2. disdain
  3. patronage
  4. condescendence
  5. deigning
  6. superciliousness
  7. haughtiness
  8. arrogantness
  9. disdainfulness
Disdain
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. condescendingness
Antonyms:
  1. humility
  2. acceptance
  3. friendliness
  4. respect
  5. inferiority

Words Related to Condescension

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Condescension Sentence Examples

  • Natasha did not like the visitor's tone of condescension to childish things.

  • There was a shade of condescension and patronage in his treatment of Berg and Vera.

  • Muraviev, who already carried his nomination in his pocket, resented this condescension, and relegated Isvolsky to Belgrade and to Munich, where he had the rank of a minister plenipotentiary.

  • The law of subordination is based on God's gracious condescension to a sinful humanity in the person of his Son Jesus Christ.

  • He wrote also a number of essays, such as "My Garden Acquaintance," "A Good Word for Winter," "On a Certain Condescension in Foreigners," which were incursions into the field of nature and society.

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