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What does condescension mean?

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Noun
  1. The act of condescending; a manner of behaving toward others in an outwardly polite way that nevertheless implies one’s own superiority to the others; patronizing courtesy toward inferiors. syn.
  2. (pejorative) A patronizing attitude or behavior. [from 1930s]
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And the tone doesn't ever really delve into condescension or preachiness, a danger in the hands of the less experienced.
That characterization epitomizes the arrogance and condescension of anyone who would presume to understand and speak for all of us.
Their brief marriage was clearly doomed from the start by her parents' snobbish condescension.
The friend is meant to provide a contrast with the ways of a city slicker, though some of his scenes come alarmingly close to condescension.
There's an undertone of condescension, winking to let you know that, after all, everyone in this film is just white trash.
Watching it, I found myself quietly appalled by the smugness, condescension and bogus rhetoric on display.

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