condescendencia

Definitions of condescendencia
  1. noun
    agreement with a statement or proposal to do something
    synonyms: accesión, anuencia, aprobación, asenso, asentimiento, beneplácito, conformidad, consenso, consentimiento, fíat, otorgamiento, sí, venia
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    types:
    claudicación
    the act of conceding or yielding
  2. noun
    acceptance without protest
  3. noun
    a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)
    synonyms: afabilidad, agrado, amabilidad, campechanería
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    type of:
    benevolencia, simpatía
    a friendly disposition
  4. noun
    the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior
    synonyms: altanería
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    type of:
    altivez, altiveza, arrogancia, cachaña, copete, descuello, desvanecimiento, elación, encumbramiento, endiosamiento, entono, envalentonamiento, fuero, hinchazón, imperio, inmodestia, lozanía, orgullo, penacho, pescuezo, prepotencia, pretensión, soberbia, suficiencia, toldo, ufanía, ventolera
    overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
  5. noun
    the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc.
    synonyms: rendimiento, sumisión
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    types:
    abyección, rendimiento, servilismo
    abject or cringing submissiveness
    subordinación
    the quality of obedient submissiveness
    type of:
    obediencia
    the trait of being willing to obey
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