Is there a word for Condescending , Fake Empathy? [duplicate]
I am looking for a word to describe the situation :
A poor person describes his struggles of poverty, while a middle-class (economically speaking) lady is faking her empathy to the man – and the conversation goes in the lines of "Do not despair, keep hoping, work = reward... " etc. All these words very often repeated to the poor person, but his state does not change due to certain unchanging social situations. The lady is aware of it.
Nevertheless, just to virtue-signal, the lady who never experienced the struggles of the other – goes on making empty, often condescending remarks to the guy, without genuine empathy, just mechanically repeating the statements everyone else does.
She even goes on to invent some silver lining, such as the positive effects of poverty is that you will not have to manage a big house..
My question
Is there a word to describe the remarks of the lady? Patronizing does not quite hit the nail, and condescending does not quite capture the part in italics. Are there any words to describe what I am looking for?
Example:
[Name] at this point is truly tired of continuous _______ from every 4th middle-class . The last thing he'd appreciate now is pity.
Part of Speech: Noun;
I searched thesaurus for patronizing and condescension
A single word would be better than a phrase .
One term that broadly fits your description, although not exactly in the example sentence you give, is crocodile tears. Here is the first part of the Wikipedia's article on the term, which explains its origin:
Crocodile tears (or superficial sympathy) is a false, insincere display of emotion such as a hypocrite crying fake tears of grief.
The phrase derives from an ancient belief that crocodiles shed tears while consuming their prey, and as such is present in many modern languages, especially in Europe where it was introduced through Latin. While crocodiles do have tear ducts, they weep to lubricate their eyes, typically when they have been out of water for a long time and their eyes begin to dry out. However, evidence suggests this could also be triggered by feeding.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocodile_tears