Usually means: Condescendingly treating others as inferior.
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  1. patronising: Merriam-Webster
  2. patronising: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. Patronising, patronising: Wordnik
  5. patronising: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. patronising: Wiktionary
  7. patronising: Dictionary.com
  8. patronising: Rhymezone
  9. patronising: FreeDictionary.org
  10. patronising: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. patronising: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  (British spelling) Alternative spelling of patronizing [Offensively condescending.]

Similar:
condescending, superior, patronizing, arch, patronisingly, patronisation, dismissive, moralising, crass, insulting, more...

Opposite:
condescending, condescendingly

Types:
condescending, paternalistic, more...

Adjectives:
little, certain, best, worth, bloody, damned, affectionate, worst, mere, late, most

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Similar:
condescending, superior, patronizing, arch, patronisingly, patronisation, dismissive, moralising, crass, insulting, more...

Opposite:
condescending, condescendingly

Types:
condescending, paternalistic, more...

Adjectives:
little, certain, best, worth, bloody, damned, affectionate, worst, mere, late, most



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