condescensions
Talking down behaviors
Condescensions are instances of talking down to someone or treating them as inferior.
The word captures specific acts of patronizing behavior rather than the general attitude: His little condescensions accumulated until she couldn't stand working with him.
Each condescension is a moment when someone makes their assumed superiority felt.
Treating someone as inferior
- disdainScornful disregard
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
- snobberyPretentious social superiority
smugness · pomposity · superciliousness · loftiness · contempt · scorn · derision · belittlement
Deliberate dismissive rejection
- rebuffAbrupt, curt rejection
- brush-offAbrupt, dismissive rejection
- slightMinor or thin
- disregardWillful lack of attention
cold-shoulder · dismissal · aloofness · indifference · spurn · neglect · overlooking · bypassing
patronizing
Treating someone as inferior
- disdainScornful disregard
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
snobbery · smugness · pomposity · superciliousness · loftiness · contempt · scorn · derision · belittlement · disparagement
snub
Deliberate dismissive rejection
disregard · cold-shoulder · dismissal · aloofness · indifference · spurn · neglect · overlooking · bypassing · sidelining
condescensionsrespect
Regard with honor
esteem · deference · regard · reverence · admiration
condescensionshumility
Freedom from arrogance
egalitarianism · deference · looking up to · modesty · self-effacement