单词 | patronization |
释义 | patronizationn. 1. The action of supporting as a sponsor, protector, or customer. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > patronage > [noun] > patronizing patronizing1622 patronization1660 1660 T. Salusbury tr. D. Bartoli Learned Man defended & Reform'd ii. 138 These [plagiarists] are both [liars and debtors]; for what they are indebted to for others, and they have nothing otherwise, than by the patronization of shamelesse lies. 1794 Ann. Reg. 295/1 He received his first patronization under lord chief justice Singleton. 1892 G. Hake Mem. 80 Years 77 Pope was made a fashion through patronization. 1960 Compar. Stud. Society & Hist. 2 196 The long process of diminishing Indian ‘protection’ under Spanish authority and the often empty acts of patronization were about to come to an end. 2001 Jrnl. Personal Selling (Nexis) Spring Customers who have made love investments in Wal-Mart..can be expected to adopt at least some of the inefficiencies of continued patronization of Wal-Mart. 2. Superciliousness; the fact of patronizing or being patronized. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > [noun] highnesseOE orgelnessOE orgelOE orgula1200 hautainesse1297 deignoushedec1330 daina1400 hautesse1399 hautainetya1450 orgulitya1470 courage1484 haughtness1489 stateliness1509 stomacha1513 heighta1525 stiffness1526 fastidie1536 disdainfulness1548 loftiness1548 fastidiousness?1555 haughtiness1555 high-mindedness1571 squeamishness1580 hichtiness1596 morguec1598 signory1598 superciliosity1606 overliness1610 superciliousness1622 excelsity1623 hauteura1628 cavalierism1643 supercilium1657 condescendency1667 supercile1679 uncondescension1681 superbness1682 fastidiosity1704 condescension1752 aristocratism1792 aristocracy1822 patricianism1826 touch-me-not-ishness1836 cavalierishness1860 patronization1944 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [noun] > assumed or patronizing courtesy condescension1752 patronizing1837 patronization1944 1944 Social Forces 22 452/2 There is no strong inducement to invent terms conveying race or color stigma, not to..give these terms milder inflections that are indicative of condescension or patronization. 1976 N.Y. Times 29 July 31/3 An attitude of patronization in either direction is not helpful. 2002 Disability Now May 19/1 In 1994 The Spastics Society..changed its name... Scope would..move away from the patronisation which had characterised the attitude of its predecessor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1660 |
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