Word: condescendingness
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From his beginnings as a writer, Cain was preoccupied with the common man. His characters were mostly poor workers or drifters who believed earnestly in the possibility of a better life, yet had no idea about where to find it. His earliest published fiction was in the form of brief...
"Saki, aloof and condescending to his own times, turns out to be one of us. But embracing him is easier than establishing his place in English letters. An unbeliever, he did not concern himself with the relationship of man to God, and critics have often used that theme to test...
The public took him at his word and flocked to his Indian Gallery. In a time before photography, he provided the first real glimpse of the Indian in his native habitat. The art critics, who tended to take their standards from Europe, were at best condescending-the lowly Indian and...
In his most condescending manner, Begin urged his opponent to be calm ("Sit down and be quiet, Mr. Peres, and teach yourself some precision") and defended his spotty economic record as well as he could-a claimed 13.5% rise in real wages during his four years in office. (Understandably, he...
Morris's respect for his players is evident in subtler ways as well. He always refers to his atheletes as "women," never "girls." On Monday, in a J.V. contest against the University of Massachussetts, one of the umpires said to the UMass nine, "Ladies, take the field." Later in the...