Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CONDESCENSION
n.Voluntary descent from rank, dignity or just claims; relinquishment of strict right; submission to inferiors in granting requests or performing acts which strict justice does not require. Hence, courtesy. It forbids pride and commands humility, modesty and condescension to others.
Raphael, amidst his tenderness, shows such a dignity and condescension in all his behavior, as are suitable to a superior nature.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CONDESCENSION
Con `de *scen "sion, n. Etym: [L. condescensio.]
Defn: The act of condescending; voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors. It forbids pride. .. and commands humility, modesty, and condescension to others. Tillotson.Such a dignity and condescension. .. as are suitable to a superior nature. Addison.
Syn. -- Complaisance; courtesy; affability.
New American Oxford Dictionary
condescension
con de scen sion |ˌkändəˈsenCHən kɑːndɪˈsenʃn | ▶noun an attitude of patronizing superiority; disdain: a tone of condescension | I'm treated with condescension.
Oxford Dictionary
condescension
con |des ¦cen |sion |ˌkɒndɪˈsɛnʃn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] an attitude of patronizing superiority; disdain: a tone of condescension | I'm treated with condescension.
Oxford Thesaurus
condescension
condescension noun with an air of great condescension he told me that he was ‘prepared to give me a try-out ’: superciliousness, superiority, scorn, disdain, loftiness, airs, lordliness, haughtiness, imperiousness, snobbishness, snobbery; informal snootiness, snottiness; rare patronization. ANTONYMS respect.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
condescension
con de scen sion /kɑ̀ndɪsénʃ (ə )n |kɔ̀n -/名詞 U 相手を見下す態度, 恩着せがましさ ; 謙遜 （けんそん ）.
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