Usually means: Displaying superiority by patronizing others.
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  1. condescension: Merriam-Webster
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  3. condescension: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  6. Condescension, condescension: Wordnik
  7. condescension: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  9. condescension: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. condescension: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  12. Condescension, condescension: Dictionary.com
  13. condescension: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Condescension (religion), Condescension: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Condescension: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. condescension: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  18. Condescension: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. condescension: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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noun:  The act of condescending; a manner of behaving in an outwardly polite way that nevertheless implies superiority to another; patronizing courtesy toward inferiors.
noun:  (usually uncountable, derogatory) A patronizing attitude or behavior.
noun:  (archaic, non-derogatory) Courtesy, affability of a superior towards an inferior.

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