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
Here we find a style abounding in literary allusions and classical quotations, and evincing a generally patronizing attitude toward the author under discussion.
From Early Reviews of English Poets by John Louis Haney
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