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Dismissive vs Patronizing - What's the difference?

dismissive | patronizing |

As adjectives the difference between dismissive and patronizing

is that dismissive is showing disregard, indicating rejection, serving to dismiss while patronizing is offensively condescending.

As a verb patronizing is

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dismissive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Showing disregard, indicating rejection, serving to dismiss.

    • Synonyms

    * contemptuous * indifferent

    Derived terms

    * dismissively * dismissiveness

    patronizing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • offensively condescending

    • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (head)