patronization
Example Sentences
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Referring to the law by its criminal code number, she added: “The #219a falls and with it a piece of the worst patronization of women.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2022
But pay no attention to the shadow of patronization, single ladies: It’s okay to be you!
From Time ● Feb. 12, 2016
The mundane details of illness, the limiting subculture of exile in “Cancervania,” and the constant coping with patronization and misaimed sympathy pervade Hazel’s narration.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2014
I always make sure there isn’t a hint of patronization in my voice when I do.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2010
No. She had added to it a vanity, a luxury, a good action like a ring on her finger, the relief of a man of wit, the patronization of a clergyman.
From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
