Term: condescension: affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank
Candidate hypernym: affability: a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) → 1
Candidate hypernym: mineshaft: excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine → 0
Candidate hypernym: parietal lobe: that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying below the crown of the head → 0
Candidate hypernym: acceptation: acceptance as true or valid → 0
Candidate hypernym: travel allowance: a sum allowed for travel → 0
Candidate hypernym: sapphirine: a rare light blue or green mineral; consists of aluminum and magnesium silicate and occurs as small grains in some metamorphic rocks → 0
Candidate hypernym: gay liberation movement: the movement aimed at liberating homosexuals from legal or social or economic oppression → 0
Candidate hypernym: esophagoscope: an optical instrument for examining the inside of the esophagus → 0
Candidate hypernym: pump action: action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun; a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round → 0
Candidate hypernym: nitrazepam: a hypnotic and sedative drug of the benzodiazepine type → 0
Candidate hypernym: spellbinder: an orator who can hold his listeners spellbound → 0