Condescendingness

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  • noun. The state or quality of being condescending.
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  • noun. affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank
  • Word Usage
    "One finds the same complacency, the same condescendingness, in a far higher degree in the essays of Mr. A.C. Benson."
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    Words that are more generic or abstract