Condescending vs Complacency - What's the difference?
condescending | complacency |
Assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.
A feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble.
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* Addison
An instance of self-satisfaction.
As an adjective condescending
is assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.As a verb condescending
is .As a noun complacency is
a feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble.condescending
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Quit talking to me in that condescending tone! You always treat me like a child – ugh!
Synonyms
* (assuming a tone of superiority) (l)Derived terms
* condescendinglyVerb
(head)complacency
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Alternative forms
* complacenceNoun
(complacencies)- There was something pathetic in his concentration as if his complacency , more acute than of old, was not enough to him any more. When, almost immediately, the telephone rang inside and the butler left the porch Daisy seized upon the momentary interruption and leaned toward me.
- Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency , if they discover none of the like in themselves.