patronizing attitude
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That patronizing attitude isn't just limited to the work of rearing children, either, but also applies to educating them.
From Salon • Aug. 2, 2022
“We look back at it with a slightly patronizing attitude, like, ‘how quaint that we thought high school parties were important.’
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2019
Ferraro retorted: “I almost resent Vice President Bush your patronizing attitude that you have to teach me about foreign policy.”
From Time • Sep. 25, 2016
Emblematic of this patronizing attitude is the Caracol Industrial Park, once championed by the Clintons.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2015
It is worth while noting that towards the distinguished scholar-poet Schlegel assumed a patronizing attitude.
From The Influence of India and Persia on the Poetry of Germany by Remy, Arthur F. J.
