Meaning of patronising | Babel Free
Equivalents
Deutsch
von oben herab
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.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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