Sentence examples for condescending terms from inspiring English sources

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union left the US as the world's only imperial power, some western policy-makers view Moscow in condescending terms - as though Moscow needs the west more than vice versa.

"Utopian capitalism," he says, "can look pretty good in a time of disillusionment and collapse," and conservative leaders have duped the gullible masses — the masses are often described in condescending terms in the author's writings — by posing as representatives of the common folk and equating free markets with "the very essence of freedom".

It is commonplace to hear urban Nigerians describe the Fulani in condescending terms.

We've got the opportunity to embrace real "traditional values" -- like love -- and move beyond condescending terms such as "acceptance" and "tolerance," in order to celebrate our brothers and sisters in all of their infinitely varied and complex gender expression and humanity.

Once Hillary Clinton whipped Obama in the Rust Belt, it's been a bloviation staple (echoing the Clinton camp's line) that a black guy is doomed among Reagan Democrats, Joe Sixpacks, rednecks, Joe the Plumbers or whichever condescending term you want to choose.

It ranges from talking in a bullying tone, to addressing older people by their first names, to using condescending words or terms.

But speckledhen asks a good question:Is populism just a dismissive, condescending, and derogatory term for being responsive to voters in a democracy?Actually, it is politicians' use of populism that is often dismissive, condescending and derogatory.

Feminists often consider the term condescending.

Should she choose to open her heart, it will be only on the most condescending of terms.

And he has a gift for explaining finances in simple terms without being condescending.

Likewise, simplification in the form of concrete examples and basic terms may appear condescending for some mature adolescents (Oetzel and Scherer 2003; Werner-Wilson 2001).