verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
patronizing/condescending (= showing that you think you are more important or intelligent than someone )
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complaints about patronising attitudes towards women
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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George talks to the jury in their own language, but he doesn't condescend .
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They did more; they came to a banquet in his palace; they condescended to dine with him.
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Those who condescend to visit these miserable tenements can testify that neither health nor decency can be preserved in them.