Sentence examples for patronising terms from inspiring English sources

As if we would speak about films or novels in such patronising terms.

This kind of attitude simply does not work anymore, not just in India, but in any developing country, especially in a rapidly changing world where other countries are more able to offer assistance without such patronising terms.

I've got in a bit of a tangle here, since there was a lot in Fran Landesman's film that was heart-warming or (to put it in less patronising terms) exemplary, a lesson about abandoning inhibitions and fear of what you will look like to others in pursuit of an expressive pleasure.

Trollope herself thought the term "patronising" of readers.

Commenters immediately latched on to this as a patronising term for so complex a book, but it's not a phrase she dismisses out of hand.

Brittunculi (diminutive of Britto; hence 'little Britons'), found on one of the Vindolanda tablets, is now known to be a derogatory, or patronising, term used by the Roman garrisons that were based in Northern Britain to describe the locals.

Trollope thought the term "patronising" of readers.

Many considered him a giant of ethnomusicology, although he intensely disliked the term, considering it patronising to other cultures.

However, what emerged as the main issue is the terms used to 'define' as participants to our study found they knew the terms already and felt the use of Definition was patronising.

The thing is though, I personally find terms like "babe" coming from men to be overfamiliar, sexist and patronising.

Some women report frustration at what they regard as dismissive, patronising and uncaring treatment and express dissatisfaction with the side effects and short-term benefits of antibiotics.