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Matronize

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make a matron of; to make matron-like. transitive

    "1741-1755, Samuel Richardson, The Familiar Letters Childbed matronizes the giddiest spirits."

  2. 2
    To act the part of a matron toward; to superintend or chaperone. transitive

    "to matronize an assembly"

  3. 3
    To criticize from a feminist perspective. derogatory, sometimes, transitive

    "to matronize female artists for sexploitation"

  4. 4
    Of a woman: to patronize or be condescending towards. derogatory, sometimes, transitive

Etymology

From matron + -ize.

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