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condescension

Condescension refers to an attitude of superiority or looking down on others. (noun)

An attitude that you are generally better and smarter than everyone else is an example ofcondescension.

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See condescension in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See condescension in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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