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Patronize vs Belittling - What's the difference?

patronize | belittling |

As verbs the difference between patronize and belittling

is that patronize is to make a patron while belittling is .

As a noun belittling is

belittlement.

patronize

English

Alternative forms

* patronise (Commonwealth)

Verb

(patroniz)
  • 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.

    • Synonyms

    * (talk down to) condescend

    belittling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • belittlement
  • * 1988 , Dennis Marcellino, Sweeping it under the drug (page 123)
    • And usually this manifests as them trying to prove their parent's criticism's and belittlings wrong.

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