Mark Pincus

I just don't feel respected in the political process as a large donor or as a citizen voter. I just feel patronized. Everything I get is like, 'Hey, you couldn't possibly - it's too complex and sophisticated what really goes on,' and, 'Hey, leave it to us, and we will go and represent you and fight the good fight, and just give us money.

American Businessman

Magnus Scheving

The worst mistake you can make with children is to talk to them in a condescending, patronising way and think that you can teach them something. You have to understand that it is you who will be learning from them. You have to get into their world and see things from their perspective.

Icelander Writer

Salman Khan

People are patronizing the theatres with renewed enthusiasm - there is an entire picnic-like attitude when families go out to see movies, which is a very good sign. They want to see larger-than-life characters on the big screen and not just watch movies on television or on DVDs.

Indian Actor

Billy Connolly

Once you become successful, people know where you live, the type of house you live in, the kind of car you drive, the clothes you wear, and so it would be patronising to go and talk like a welder. Welding's a mystery to me now. You can't go back, your life changes every day.

Scottish Comedian

Joshua Oppenheimer

In documentary filmmaking, there's a tradition of telling stories about victims. We often do that from a very patronizing place, but mostly we do it from a very selfish place, to reassure ourselves that our lives are in sympathy and solidarity with the victims.

British Director

Jed Mercurio

It's important that the actor doesn't feel like they're working in a vacuum. If the actor is told, 'Oh, it's a secret; just play it this way or that way,' it's a bit patronising. I think you have to bring the actor into your thinking and explain things.

British Writer

Sallie Patrick

There are certainly young people who are very aware of what's going on in this country, and we want to treat that with respect. We don't want to patronize our audience by just talking about the frivolousness. It's a balance.

American Producer

Mohamed ElBaradei

Psychology is as important as substance. If you treat people with respect, they will go out of their way to accommodate you. If you treat them in a patronizing way, they will go out of their way to make your life difficult.

Egyptian Scientist

Marianne Williamson

We tend to lack humility toward love, to patronize it rather than bow before it, to put mundane considerations before the emotional need to hold someone in our arms.

American Author

Wendy O. Williams

I'm trying to encourage more women to be themselves, rather than what men want them to be. I don't believe in patronizing either sex.

American Musician

Used when someone supports businesses by buying or using their services frequently.

Positive Context

Implies loyalty or preference for a particular place over time.

Loyalty Implication

Suggests a recurring action rather than a one-time visit.

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It's used when someone acts superior while feigning kindness or helpfulness.

Disguised Superiority

Might feel like a subtle insult or put-down, even if not intended.

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Often includes over-explaining things to someone who may already understand.

Nuanced Condescension

 But the truth was that as this start becoming popular, a couple rightwing blogs and some message boards apparently found it to be a little patronizing, which I could also see. And so I started getting amazing amounts of hate mail, death threats even. And one guy in particular kept on writing me these pretty awful messages,

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 who allowed faction and intrigue to rule his court, concerned only with his own pleasure and grandiosity. That grandiosity was part of the king’s role as a model for his people. He was a learned scholar and musician who generously patronized the arts, as well as being an imposing warrior and sportsman.

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 Working in global energy and development, I often hear people say, "Because of climate, we just can't afford for everyone to live our lifestyles." That viewpoint is worse than patronizing. It's a form of racism, and it's creating a two-tier, global energy system with energy abundance for the rich

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 where the experimenters made some players rich quickly. The wealthy players started patronizing the poorer players and hogging the snacks they were meant to share. But just because a huge influx of cash isn't guaranteed to bring joy into your life

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 and on occasion, it can be somewhat patronizing for scientists to swoop in and tell a family what they need to change in order for their child to succeed. So I want to share an idea with you. What if we tried to help young children in poverty

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 thrives around this coral head often patronized by the tiger grouper tiny gobies fearlessly entered the Tigers mouth to feed on dead tissue and parasites but just as the reef Foster's life it can harbour danger lurking on

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 patronizing that we arrive and tell you what to do and so what I did in esperance that first year was to just walk the streets and in the in in three days I had my first client and I helped

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 guilt is a luxury we think the first stage of forgiveness is tolerance today tolerance has fallen out of fashion it's considered neutral at best and patronizing at worst Torrance is a

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 Her default position toward me, as an African, was a kind of patronizing, well-meaning pity. My roommate had a single story of a single story of catastrophe. In this single story,

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 We Western people are imperialist, colonialist missionaries, and there are only two ways we deal with We either patronize them, or we are paternalistic.

Patronize

To give support or regularly visit a store, restaurant, or public facility.

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Treat in a way that is apparently kind or helpful but betraying a feeling of superiority.

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