to pander
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8.6
- verb
- /ˈpændər/
:
complacer a
- The coach refused to pander to the star player's demands for special treatment.
- pander to the public
- pandering politicians
- a way of pandering
Here's why don't just pander to the platform's algorithms.
- Here's why don't just pander to the platform's algorithms.
- So I don't know if he's pandering there or not.
- I, I am very aware that I would not do well pandering to an audience.
- So your book was it didn't seem to be pandering to either group.
- He panders to the fossil fuel.
- He was seeking votes from Black people by pandering to us, and he's treating us like children.
- It's it seems really weird, but we lose our resilience to stress when we pander to our comforts all the time.
- I mean, I think, I think they, they're, it might be as simple as them pandering politically to their Latin base.
- The Crown deliberately and latterly the politicians deliberately, pander to the idea of four separate notions.
- I guess what I'm saying is like, it's easy to say that everyone is pandering, but like, maybe they're just trying.
- Donald Trump has to pander to his MAGA base while he's shafting them.
- They have to pander to, you know, for money.
- But I was like pandering to him a little bit.
- You're not in the business of getting likes on Instagram, yet you're pandering to the machine of that.
Examples
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We hear a lot of complaint about the lack of strong leadership-- that politicians find out what the public wants and then they pander to it, or at least they say they'll pander to it.
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Professors are forced to pander and cannot impose high standards because students will punish them with poor ratings and complaints.
Academic text (2013) -
I also think, you know, you know, I think I forgot how easy it was to pander like that and get applause.
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A customer focus does not mean that students are 'always right' or that professors must pander to their every request.
Academic text (2013) -
Well, when you coddle and pander to bad behavior, you get more of it.
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Art should elevate, not pander.
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Departments are not in the business of pandering to students, but of expanding their horizons.
Academic text (1997) -
Donald Trump has to pander to his MAGA base while he's shafting them.
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Politicians often pander to voters by promising policies that they know are unrealistic.
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When companies pander to their customers' every complaint, they risk losing sight of their core values.
Synonyms
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4.3
To allow yourself to enjoy something pleasant, often more than needed
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4.6
To please someone or make them feel happy
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7.4
To try to get someone to like you by praising them or being too helpful
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9.9
To act in a way that goes against your values to get money or attention
Antonyms
How Subservient
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7.4
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8.6
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4.3
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3.8
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3.5
- Formal
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8.2
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word pander comes from a character named Pandarus in old stories who helped lovers and arranged secret meetings. So to pander is to help or encourage someone’s wishes, often in a wrong or selfish way — doing or saying what they want to please them.