All 5 Uses of
patronize
in
The Fountainhead
- "You know, Guy," said Keating, in a tone of patronizing reproach, "you shouldn't have run away like that."†
Chpt 1.10 *
- Of the eighteen seated about Toohey's living room, none was an architect of distinction, except himself and Gordon L. Prescott, who wore a beige turtle-neck sweater and looked faintly patronizing, but eager.†
Chpt 2.5
- His manner was immutable; it was the same in a drawing room, at a labor meeting, on a lecture platform, in the bathroom or during sexual intercourse: cool, self-possessed, amused, faintly patronizing.†
Chpt 2.9
- He drew himself up with new confidence, and he said firmly, for the first time in the tone of an old man addressing a youth, wise and gently patronizing: "That doesn't matter.†
Chpt 2.10
- The art dealers whom he patronized reported that his judgment was that of a master.†
Chpt 3.1
Definition:
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(patronize as in: Don't patronize me.) treat in a manner that demonstrates a sense of superiority, but is supposed to seem kind
or:
the actions of a patron (to support someone or something; or to be a customer)