condescension

Preposition: of

posterity: Who rescues forgotten names from the condescension of posterity?

Converse of object

• avoid: Avoiding condescension and trite characterisation, Sideways manages to be both poignant and very, very funny.
• mock: Tho while previous entrants had been treated with mocking condescension, Lakeman was treated as a serious contender.

Adjective modifier

• gracious: The law of subordination is based on God's gracious condescension to a sinful humanity in the person of his Son Jesus Christ.
• enormous: Tho he idealizes the rural petty bourgeoisie, Tolkien treats them with enormous condescension.
• great: His birth, it was a great step from God's bosom into the virgin's lap; a great condescension: 2 Cor.
• ineffable: Yet do I hymn Thine ineffable condescension, O Word!
• amused: Although I see amused condescension, which can be offensive to the modern eye, I don't detect any malice.
• divine: This theme of divine condescension or accommodation is not a uniquely Christian idea.