condescendingness

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noun

affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank
- the queen's condescension was intended to make us feel comfortable
• Syn:
condescension
• Derivationally related forms:
condescending, condescend (for: condescension)
• Hypernyms:
affability, affableness, amiability, amiableness, bonhomie, geniality