Don't Act Like This!

Don't instigate this kind of behaviour, as it erodes trust. We can try to exchange ideas, thoughts, opinions and knowledge with curiosity and generosity.

Smug: Having a superiority complex and making self-righteous remarks. Too satisfied with yourself and your beliefs.

Patronising: Talking down to others and making them feel inferior because you believe your abilities, insights and knowledge are far superior.

Sneering: Treating others with contempt or scorn, a telltale sign of a sneer is often seen in the slight raising of one corner of the upper lip.

Condescending: Treating other people as inferior and believing that you are better than others.

Gaslighting: Manipulating an another person so that they question their experience, reality and sanity.

Passive-Aggressive: Expressing aggression, anger or frustration indirectly. For eg: backhanded compliments, procrastination, sulking and withdrawal.

Backhanded Compliments: "I hope the rest of your day is as nice as you are!"

Sarcasm: Using humour to hurt others and hide hostility. For eg: "You are sooo helpful."

Othering: Alienating others with an “us versus them” mentality.

Slander: Spreading false stories about another person to damage a persons reputation.

Cold shoulder: Intentionally ignoring or showing no interest in another person.

Blaming others: Leads to resentment, anger, and hatred and makes it difficult to move forward.

Machiavellianism: Being manipulative, deceptive, callous and indifferent to others.

Narcissism: Being self-centered and arrogant with an inflated self-image.

Mocking: Make fun of someone in a cruel way.

Bully: Aggressive intimidation or ridicule of a usually more vulnerable person.

Assume: Believe to be the case without proof. 

Conspiratorial Thinking: The belief that some groups are all powerful, all controlling, and out to get you.

Ostracising: Excluding others, alienating or ignoring someone.

Dirty look: Giving someone a look of disapproval of disgust.

Goodies and Baddies: Division of people into Heroes and Villains: Simplistic view of groups or people as opposites on the spectrum of ethics and morality.

Presentism: The tendency to interpret past events in terms of modern values and concepts.

Self-congratulation: Sanctimonious and uncritical satisfaction with yourself or group.

Supercilious Superiority: Belief in your own moral superiority, that your beliefs, actions, or affiliations are the most virtuous.

Trojan horse: To deceive from within using deceptive means. Hiding true purpose or intentions.