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# patronizing

«patronizing» in Mova's school dictionary: **Patronizing describes talk or manners that treat someone…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (patronizing, more patronizing, most patronizing)

### meaning for a pupil

Patronizing describes talk or manners that treat someone as if they are less clever or less important, in a kind but proud way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patronizing/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a smile or tone that looks down on others; the Giant's small friends were not meant to be patronized

### examples

- Don't be so patronizing; I can do it myself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patronizing/#x1)
- She gave him a patronizing smile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patronizing/#x2)
- The giant spoke in a patronizing voice to the children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patronizing/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «patronizing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patronizing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.