Synonyms of condescension

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.

Related Words

• arrogance
• disdain
• superiority
• dominance
• inflation
• attitude
• scorn
• imperiousness
• consequence
• masterfulness
• assumption
• superciliousness
• haughtiness
• pretension
• hauteur
• pomposity
• loftiness
• snobbery
• peremptoriness
• pretense
• pridefulness
• presumptuousness
• pompousness
• lordliness
• snootiness
• bossiness
• snobbishness
• high-handedness
• self-importance
• huffiness
• pretentiousness
• pride
• boastfulness
• bumptiousness
• brag
• snobbism
• vanity
• authoritativeness
• chest-thumping
• high horse
• smugness
• toploftiness
• sauciness
• triumphalism
• bowwow
• cheekiness
• self-assertion
• bravado
• impudence
• side
• self-consequence
• swagger
• impertinence
• cockiness
• egotism
• self-complacency
• self-satisfaction
• vainglory
• bombast
• egoism
• self-centeredness
• complacence
• self-conceit
• braggadocio
• self-opinion
• cheek
• self-content
• conceit
• self-contentment
• strut
• swelled head
• vaingloriousness
• superiority complex
• self-assumption
• self-partiality

Dissimilar Words

• humility
• modesty
• unpretentiousness
• shyness
• bashfulness
• timidity
• demureness
• diffidence
• passivity
• meekness
• self-doubt
• submissiveness
• lowliness
• passiveness
• unassumingness
• timidness
• reserve
• quietness
• self-distrust
• retiringness
• reservedness
• mousiness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of condescension

Plays written about teenagers are not easy to pull off with authenticity and without condescension. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026

Dog Day Afternoon has unique sympathy for its central characters, emphasizing their desperation and seemingly endless complexity without condescension or oversimplification. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Aug. 2026

His condescension toward his mother surely represents patriarchal attitudes of the period. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 17 July 2026

Even more than his spelling book, Webster’s An American Dictionary of the English Language was an attempt to fashion the materials for writers to address that sort of condescension. — Literary Hub, 1 July 2026