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Patronising

adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of patronizing. UK, alt-of, alternative

    "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"."

Adjective
  1. 1
    (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of patronise form-of, gerund, participle, present

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