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- noun Alternative spelling of
patronization .
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Examples
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Propergander and patronisation … the real way to motivate your staff.
It’s That Time Of Year Again « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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And then, back through Commonweal, comes a piece of up to the minute patronisation of women -- a conservative Catholic trying to explain the excommunication of Sister Margaret McBride.
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Never underestimate the power of patronisation, especially if you're a middle-aged man talking to a young woman.
The One With The Nasty Customer kisobel 2007
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An orgy of platitude and patronisation and the seed which broke the Met's back.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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The lack of support and patronisation is the prime reason for this.
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If you don't have power, you are dependent on the patronisation of the people with guns.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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And is this an object lesson in puerile cliche'd patronisation?
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Your comment dripped with patronisation, as though Mr Hitchens were some naive little twerp on his very first foray ever into an alien culture.
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I think Cameron reeks of patronisation and condescension.
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We cannot live on charity and patronisation by Whites.
'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976 2005
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