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Patronize vs Unpatronized - What's the difference?

patronize | unpatronized |

As a verb patronize

is to make a patron.

As an adjective unpatronized is

not patronized.

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

    unpatronized

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not patronized.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1825, author=Samuel Johnson, title=The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, In Nine Volumes, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=He now found one of his most frequent visitants accusing him of treason, in hopes of sharing his confiscation; yet, unpatronized and unsupported, he cleared himself by the openness of innocence, and the consistence of truth; he was dismissed with honour, and his accuser perished in prison. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1913, author=Woodrow Wilson, title=The New Freedom, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The policy of freeing the country from the restrictive tariff will so variegate and multiply the undertakings in the country that there will be a wider market and a greater competition for labor; it will let the sun shine through the clouds again as once it shone on the free, independent, unpatronized intelligence and energy of a great people. }}