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[kon'-di-SEN-shahn] 
1. the act or instance of patronizing or condescending
2. an attitude or behavior that implies the courteous lowering of oneself to the level of people of lesser importance or intelligence: "Her lyrics are polite and positive, but they gloss over and simplify life's complexities to the point of condescension."
Origin:
Approximately 1642; possibly borrowed from Middle French, 'condescension,' or from Late Latin, 'condescensionem' (nominative 'condescensio'), from 'condescendere': to condescend. In action:
"There are days when the great are near us, when there is no frown on their brow, no condescension even; when they take us by the hand, and we share their thought."
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803�1882), U.S. essayist, poet, philosopher. �Works and Days,� Society and Solitude (1870).
"It's not easy being Europe in the 21st century. Just ask anyone: The United States is leaving the Old Continent behind again - this time to wallow in technological anachronism. In their disarmingly frank style, many Americans look across the Atlantic and mutter, 'What a bunch of losers.' Europe, they say, appears bent on confounding individual endeavor at every opportunity. The familiar list of complaints goes on: excessive state interference in all walks of life; punitive tax regimes; a pervasive envy of the rich and famous; and that oh-so-infuriating condescension."
Misha Glenny. "How Europe Can Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Future," Wired.com (Feb 2001).
"'No Exit' manages to be vintage Blondie without sounding the least bit dated. Unlike so many other reunions of aging, slightly pathetic bands that inspire only condescension, Blondie interlaces reggae, ska, rap (with rapper Coolio guesting on the title track), juicy pop, updated disco and plain punk into an inventive, experimental album the likes of which endeared Blondie to audiences two decades ago."
Donna Freydkin. "Reunited Blondie rapturous again," CNN.com (March 02, 1999).
"I have always thought that the surest proof of talent is its condescension to genius."
Vincent Sheean. [On George Jean Nathan�s tolerance of Sinclair Lewis] Dorothy and Red (1963).
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