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157. Condescend vs Patronize - Difference - Nuanced Meanings - Condescend / Condescending / Patronize / Patronizing

by 정이로운 잉여생활 2022. 9. 10.
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Condescend : 자신을 낮추다, (잘난체 하듯/거들먹 거리듯)자신을 낮추다

Condescending (잘난체 하듯/거들먹 거리듯) 자신을 낮추는

 

To show that you feel superior

The idea of reduce yourself to a level that below your dignity 

To talk down to somebody (ex) to babies by using babish language)

To deign sth

To stoop to do something

You can use condescend to do somthing

He condescended to let me give him a lift

Condescending attitude

 

 

 

Patronize : (윗사람 행세를 하며)아랫사람 대하듯 하다, 깔보는 듯한 태도로 대하다, 후원하다, (식당/상점)애용하다

Patronizing : 윗사람인 체하는, 잘난 체하는

 

To apparently be kind and interested in what someone's doing but showing airs of superiority or showing that you are much superior to them

You can only patronize somebody, a person

To patronize this is a way of acting it's how person acts

To patronize a shop or restaurant, to go frequently

To sponsor to give financial aid or other help to a person

Patronizing tone

patronizing smile

 

 

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