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condescensive

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con⋅de⋅scen⋅sion

  [kon-duh-sen-shuhn]
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–noun
1. an act or instance of condescending.
2. behavior that is patronizing or condescending.
3. voluntary assumption of equality with a person regarded as inferior.
Origin:
1635–45; < LL condēscēnsiōn- (s. of condēscēnsiō). See con-, descension

Related forms:
con⋅de⋅scen⋅sive  [kon-duh-sen-siv] , adjective
con⋅de⋅scen⋅sive⋅ly, adverb
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