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Meaning of patronising | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

Alternative spelling of patronizing.

UK, alt-of, alternative

Examples

“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".”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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