condescendingly

Meanings

• adjective

  expressing patronizing or mocking attitudes or feelings towards someone or something

  - "His condescending tone towards her beliefs was off-putting."
  - "She found his condescending behavior unacceptable."
  - "Despite her condescending attitude, she was a brilliant scientist."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with condescendingly
descendingly , ascendingly , extendingly , attendingly

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Variants

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condescending , condescendingly

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Etymology

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Originally meaning 'showing or proceeding from contempt; haughty, arrogant, or patronizing', condescendingly comes from the Latin word 'condescendere', which means 'to stoop, to descend, to come down'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'condescendingly' was first used in English literature in the late 15th century.

2. The word 'condescend' was used as early as the 13th century in Middle English, but the adverbial form 'condescendingly' did not appear until the late 15th century.

3. The term 'condescendingly' is often used in a negative context, but it can also be used to describe a gracious act of lowering oneself to someone else's level.

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Related Concepts

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1. arrogance: A feeling of self-importance or superiority, often expressed in a condescending manner.

2. patronizing: Expressing a condescending attitude towards someone, often implying that they are incapable or in need of guidance.

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Quotes

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1. The next big sequel to roll off the assembly line (awful, "condescending" phrase, but this is a case of what you have to do when the shoe fits) is going to be a sequel to "Rebecca," Daphne du Maurier's classic 1930's suspense novel.

   - Stephen King,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},6 June 1993

2. … when the picturesque was seen close up, the "happy poverty" of the peasant was not always happy. There was something unpleasantly "condescending", an element of esthetic slumming in the tourist's or the artist's view of picturesqueness.

   - Anatole Broyard,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},1 Oct. 1989

3. I always imagined publishers were rather snarky and "condescending" and made a point of crabbing one's work, but he didn't a bit.

   - Elizabeth Bowen,letter,19 Jan. 1923

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Culture

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The term 'condescendingly' has been used in literature, particularly in satire and social commentary, to highlight the negative effects of arrogance and superiority. For instance, in Jane Austen's 'Mansfield Park', Edmund Bertram's condescending attitude towards his sister Fanny Price is a significant theme.

How to Memorize "condescendingly"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize someone speaking with a condescending tone and body language. Imagine their facial expressions and the way they look down on others.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'condescendingly' with arrogance, superiority, and mocking behavior.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the acronym C-O-N-D-E-S-C-E-N-D-I-N-G: 'Condescendingly Overestimates Negative Differences Inferiority Negatively'.

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