patronising

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English

Adjective

patronising (comparative more patronising, superlative most patronising)

  1. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of patronizing
    • 2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:
      As for the IRP, Secretary of State Grant Shapps continues to peddle snake oil, smoke and mirrors. His reaction to near-universal IRP condemnation from politicians, local and national media, and all but a few rail specialists was to dismiss the lot of us (in the condescending and patronising tone we have now come to expect) as "critics and naysayers".

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Verb

patronising

  1. present participle and gerund of patronise