Don't be condescending.

So, I couldn't let myself feel condescending towards these boys.

Like Egypt s now deposed President Hosni Mubarak, al Zawahiri s tone was patronizing and condescending. If anything, the lecture underscored how out of touch Al Qaeda s senior leaders are with the spirit of the time.

In addition, the promotion and protection of human rights entailed cooperation among sovereign countries, and the condescending approach that some developed countries almost always exhibited towards targeted developing countries had always proved to be counterproductive.

The next one got kind of a wry smile on his face and said, Well while you were, you know, doing your research, notice the condescending tone While you were off doing your research, I was off doing more surgeries than anyone else in the department of surgery at this institution.

The larger lesson is that this monarchical model of Catholicism, together with the hierarchy that attends it, has remained pretty much the same since the Counter Reformation. For example, when priests leave holy orders, they are reduced to the lay state a bit of condescending terminology that says a lot about the Church s archaic mindset.