patronizing
adjective
displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner.
nonpatronizing
-
a word derived from
patronizing.
Example Sentences
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“Dickens was one of the first writers to really talk about working-class characters in a nonpatronizing way and to actually give them agency as full, rounded characters,” Whitehead added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
