Meaning of PATRONIZING
| Pronunciation: | | 'peytru`nIzing
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| | Definition: | | [adj] (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension |
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| | Synonyms: | | arch, condescending, patronising, superior |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pa"tron*i`zing\, a.
Showing condescending favor; assuming the manner of airs of a
superior toward another. -- {Pat"ron*i`zing*ly}, adv.
Thackeray.
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| | Related Terms: | | arrogance, arrogant, arrogantness, assumption of superiority, big, condescendence, condescending, condescension, domineering, domineeringness, haughtiness, haughty, haughty airs, hauteur, high horse, high-faluting, high-flown, high-hat, high-headed, high-nosed, hoity-toitiness, hoity-toity, loftiness, lofty, Olympian detachment, Olympian loftiness, overbearing, overbearing pride, overbearingness, overweening pride, patronization, patronizing attitude, pride, priggish, proud, proudness, purse-pride, purse-proud, side, sniffy, snippy, snobbish, snobby, snooty, snotty, stiff-necked pride, stuck-up, superbia, superior, toploftiness, toplofty, uppish, uppishness, uppity, uppityness, upstage |
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