condescend

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con‧de‧scend/ˌkɒndɪˈsend $ ˌkɑːn-/ verb [INTRANSITIVE]
[date : 1300-1400; Language : French; Origin : condescendre, from Late Latin condescendere, from Latin com- ( ⇨ COM-) + descendere 'to go down']
1. to behave as if you think you are better, more intelligent, or more important than other people – used to show disapproval
condescend to
　 ▪ Take care not to condescend to your readers.

2. to do something in a way that shows you think it is below your social or professional position – used to show disapproval
condescend to do something
　 ▪ ‘Yes. I know,’ Clara said, condescending to look at Rose for the first time.

—condescension /-ˈsenʃən/ noun [UNCOUNTABLE]

verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
patronizing/condescending (=showing that you think you are more important or intelligent than someone)
▪ complaints about patronising attitudes towards women
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ George talks to the jury in their own language, but he doesn't condescend.
▪ They did more; they came to a banquet in his palace; they condescended to dine with him.
▪ Those who condescend to visit these miserable tenements can testify that neither health nor decency can be preserved in them.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  patronize, patronise, stoop, lower oneself, deign, descend