condescension

English

Noun

condescension (usually uncountable; plural condescensions)

1. The act of condescending; voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors. ^syn.

Synonyms

• (the act of condescending ^def.): condescendence

Translations

act of condescending

Bulgarian: снизхождение, благоволение Greek: συγκαταβατικότητα (el) (sygkatavatikótita) f., καταδεκτικότητα (el) (katadektikótita) f.

Macedonian: снисходливост (snishódlivost) f. Romanian: bunăvoință, amabilitate, condescență Serbian: snishodljivost

References

• condescension in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• condescension in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913