CONDESCENSION Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

condescension

noun

as in arrogance

the attitude or behavior of people who believe they are more intelligent or better than other people The author discusses the politics of the region without condescension.

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Recent Examples of condescension Shane hasn’t noticed condescension from Hollywood due to his Internet fame — so most of the doubt comes from himself. —

Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2026 Gartside seemed aware of a certain potential for racial condescension in his worship of Franklin and unsure of how to resolve it, struggling to offer an explanation that satisfied him of her role in the cosmology of Cupid and Psyche 85. —

Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 15 Feb. 2026 Amos sketches Pskov’s residents with deep interest and sympathy, yet without condescension or sentimentality. —

Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025 There are exceptions to every rule, of course, but generally people of every stripe respond better to kindness and respect than to fury and condescension. —

Paul Prather, Arkansas Online, 15 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for condescension

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Noun

The arrogance here, however, is the gunman’s.

— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2026
The doctor further explained that the traits of a narcissist encompass low empathy, arrogance, entitlement, grandiosity and pathological selfishness.

— Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026