patronization
1
8.2
- noun
- /ˌpeɪtrənaɪˈzeɪʃən/
- Offensive
:
condescendencia
- The meeting was filled with subtle patronization, where the speaker assumed the audience's ignorance.
Examples
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The end score was about 50% nasty cheap shots, 25% smug patronization, and 25% actual constructive engagement.
Blog text (2) -
He seemed unaware of his patronization, and the fact that he didn't recognize it made it go away.
Fiction book (1990) -
For instance, preferential treatment can lead to the patronization of black workers and students.
Academic text (1997) -
Patronization and sometimes hurtful and even destructive behaviors may occur by decision makers and by "the system."
Academic text (2000) -
The willingness of black politicians to make power moves in racial terms suggests to me that they know exactly what they are doing: leveraging patronization.
Blog text (16) -
The stories of Dorothy Parker, a writer to whom Powell has too often been compared, suffer frequently from this authorial patronization.
Academic text (2000) -
This article describes a self-righteous patronization on the part of the author, the author he seeks to critique, and his article's commenters.
Blog text (18) -
She smiled to take the sting out of her rudeness, effortlessly emphasizing her patronization.
Fiction book (1990) -
In accordance with her academic training, she objectified, explained, detailed, and analyzed their lives as though they were simply curios, artifacts, fetishes, and discussed the supernaturals as though they were objects of interest and patronization.
Academic text (1990) -
"Tia, my dear," Kenny said, without a hint of patronization, "there is nothing wrong with saying that you love your brawn—the first words you transmitted to me from your new shell, in case you've forgotten, were 'Doctor Kenny, I love you.'"
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
16
7.9
An attitude that shows someone feels more important than others
12
6.3
An attitude of thinking you are better than others because of wealth or class
1
7.5
A way of showing you do not value someone's ideas or feelings
1
6.2
An action that makes someone seem unimportant or less valuable
1
7.4
A way of behaving like you are better than other people because of money or class
1
8.4
Being someone who thinks they are better than people with less money or social position and looks down on them
1
7.1
Making someone feel small or unimportant
Treating people as if they are less smart or important
Showing little respect and trying to make someone feel unimportant
A feeling that you are better than other people
Antonyms
How Condescending
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Patronization is linked to patronize, which originally meant to act as a 'patron' or boss who helps from above. So patronization came to mean treating someone as if they are less important or less intelligent.