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
The Major and Mrs. Saulisbury had been touched by the Western spirit and were trying to be just to him, with more or less unconscious patronization.
From Wayside Courtships by Hamlin Garland
