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Christine Christie Posted 6 years ago
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Do both these sentences seem the same:


a) "They condencend you."


b) "They patronize you."


Note: In case they mean the same, is more word more formal than the other?

  

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"They show that they think they are betterthan you. We more often say 'They talk down to you. " This is commonly used with the same meaning as 'condescend', but it also has the more positive but less common meaning of 'support', 'encourage'.

— Clive

  • "They show that they think they are betterthan you.
  • We more often say 'They talk down to you.
  • " This is commonly used with the same meaning as 'condescend', but it also has the more positive but less common meaning of 'support', 'encourage'.
  • Note: In case they mean the same, is more word more formal than the other?
  • No, I don't think so.
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Do both these sentences seem the same:


a) "They condescend to you."They show that they think they are betterthan you. We more often say 'They talk down to you."

b) They patronize you." This is commonly used with the same meaning as 'condescend', but it also has the more positive but less common meaning of 'support', 'encourage'.

Note: In

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