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CONDESCENDINGNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does condescendingness mean?
• CONDESCENDINGNESS (noun)
The noun CONDESCENDINGNESS has 1 sense:
1. affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank
Familiarity information: CONDESCENDINGNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
condescendingness; condescension
Context example:
the queen's condescension was intended to make us feel comfortable
Hypernyms ("condescendingness" is a kind of...):
affability; affableness; amiability; amiableness; bonhomie; geniality (a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to))
Derivation:
condescending ((used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension)
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