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"It's a complete reversal of the situation: for a long time, Europeans were condescending toward Chinese manufacturers, seen as mere imitators."

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

A popular film blog, “Du Sir,” said that the altered plots in the “Minions” movie, which runs a minute longer in Chinese theaters, and other films were condescending to Chinese audiences.

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2022

The officers were coming part way out of their overbearing, haughty seclusion, and were condescending to talk with the lower orders so as to revive their courage.

From The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster

In consequence, ministry were condescending enough to allow a Parliamentary enquiry.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 by Various

But in the nineteenth century, when more white men in the South were condescending to do skilled labor and trying to develop manufactures, they found themselves handicapped by competition with the slave mechanics.

From The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War by Woodson, Carter Godwin