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   condescend

   /ˌkɒndɪˈsɛnd/

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   • 1. show that one feels superior; be patronizing: "take care not to condescend to your reader" Similar patronizetreat condescendinglyspeak condescendingly tospeak haughtily totalk down tolook down one's nose atlook down onput downbe snobbish toOpposite respect
   • ▪ do something in such a way as to emphasize that one clearly regards it as below one's dignity or level of importance: "he condescended to see me at my hotel" Similar deignstoopdescendlower oneselfhumble oneselfdemean oneselfdebase oneselfvouchsafethink fitsee fitdeem it worthy of oneselfconsentinformal:come down from one's high horse

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘give way, defer’): from Old French condescendre, from ecclesiastical Latin condescendere, from con- ‘together’ + descendere ‘descend’.

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2. www.thecatholicthing.org › 2024/07/12 › progress-planning-and-the-far-rightProgress, Planning, and the ‘Far Right’ - The Catholic Thing

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   Jul 12, 2024 · Opposing all “progress” and “planning” is regarded, implausibly, the shade as of “Far Rightness.”. The Wave by Gustave Courbet, 1869–70 [Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany] Most boat builders and toothbrush makers are Far Right, I have long suspected. (I cannot do an actual survey, until the term can be intelligently defined.)