- patronizing (Amer.)
- ['pa·tron·iz·ing || 'peɪtrənaɪzɪŋ /'pæt-]◙ adj. מתנשא, יהיר, מתנהג כפטרון, מגלה עליונות (גם patronising)
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patronizing (Amer.)
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patronizing — (Amer.) pa·tron·iz·ing || peɪtrÉ™naɪzɪŋ / pæt adj. arrogant, condescending, showing an aggressively superior manner (also patronising) patronize (Amer.) pa·tron·ize || peɪtrÉ™naɪz / pæt v. be arrogant, behave in a condescending… … English contemporary dictionary
native American — native American, adj. a person born in the United States. [1835 45, Amer.] * * * ▪ indigenous peoples of Canada and United States Introduction also called American Indian, Amerindian, Amerind, Indian, Aboriginal American, or First Nation… … Universalium
Uncle Tomism — a policy of relationship between whites and blacks involving a benevolent but patronizing attitude on the part of the whites and a willingly submissive attitude on the part of the blacks. Also called Tomism. [1935 40, Amer.; UNCLE TOM + ISM] * *… … Universalium
schoolmarm — (n.) also school marm, female school teacher, 1834, American English colloquial, in countrified humor writing of Major Jack Downing of Maine (Seba Smith); variant of school ma am (1828), Amer.Eng., from SCHOOL (Cf. school) (n.1) + MA AM (Cf. ma… … Etymology dictionary
patronization — (Amer.) n. act of patronizing; patronage (also patronisation) … English contemporary dictionary
proud — 1 Proud, arrogant, haughty, lordly, insolent, overbearing, supercilious, disdainful can mean in common filled with or showing a sense of one s superiority and scorn for what one regards as in some way inferior. Proud (see also proud under PRIDE… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
