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| − | [ | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French condescendre, from Late Latin condescendere, from [[Latin]] com- + descendere to [[descend]] |
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in medieval Latin to be complaisant or compliant, to accede to any one's [[opinion]], etc.; in French also to come down from one's [[rights]] or claims, to yield [[consent]], acquiesce. | in medieval Latin to be complaisant or compliant, to accede to any one's [[opinion]], etc.; in French also to come down from one's [[rights]] or claims, to yield [[consent]], acquiesce. | ||
==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
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Condescension can also refer to: | Condescension can also refer to: | ||
| − | * Condescension, another name for [ | + | * Condescension, another name for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accommodation_(religion) accommodation], a theological principle in Christianity |
| − | * "Condescension" (song), a 2000 song by British metal band [ | + | * "Condescension" (song), a 2000 song by British metal band [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitchshifter Pitchshifter] |
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Latest revision as of 23:45, 12 December 2020
Origin
Middle English, from Anglo-French condescendre, from Late Latin condescendere, from Latin com- + descendere to descend
in medieval Latin to be complaisant or compliant, to accede to any one's opinion, etc.; in French also to come down from one's rights or claims, to yield consent, acquiesce.
Definitions
- 1: To come down voluntarily.
- 2: To come or bend down, so far as a particular action is concerned, from one's position of dignity or pride; to stoop voluntarily and graciously; to deign.
- 3: To depart from the privileges of superiority by a voluntary submission; to sink willingly to equal terms with inferiours’ (Johnson); to be condescending in one's relations with others.
- 4: To yield or deferentially give way; to show oneself deferential, compliant, or complaisant; to accommodate oneself to.
- 5: To give one's consent, to accede or agree to (a proposal, request, measure, etc.); to acquiesce.
Description
Condescension is a show of disdain and superiority in which the condescending person patronizes, or considers him/herself superior and "descends" to the level of, the disdained person.
Condescension can also refer to:
- Condescension, another name for accommodation, a theological principle in Christianity
- "Condescension" (song), a 2000 song by British metal band Pitchshifter
