Matronize vs Patronize - What's the difference?
matronize | patronize |
To make a matron of; to make matron-like.
* Samuel Richardson
To act the part of a matron toward; to superintend or chaperone.
(transitive, sometimes, derogatory) To criticize from a feminist perspective.
To make a patron.
To assume a tone of unjustified superiority; to talk down to; to treat condescendingly.
To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer.
In transitive terms the difference between matronize and patronize
is that matronize is to act the part of a matron toward; to superintend or chaperone while patronize is to make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer.matronize
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Verb
(matroniz)- Childbed matronizes the giddiest spirits.
- to matronize an assembly
- to matronize female artists for sexploitation