unpatronizingadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈpatrənʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈpeɪtrəˌnaɪzɪŋ/, /ˌənˈpætrəˌnaɪzɪŋ/ That does not patronize a person or thing; esp. that is not condescending.
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1793 Weekly Entertainer 16 Sept. 267 The unprotecting and unpatronizing spirit of this country, which instead of encouraging, depresses genius.
1829 in Addr. Different Parts Ireland (1831) 306 To secure for the manufacturing classes a degree of opulence and independence, which previous unpatronizing Viceroys..had hitherto debarred them the opportunity of enjoying.
1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 May 5/1 The frank and unpatronizing manner in which one of the most successful novelists of her day acknowledges the merit of the really good work of predecessors.
1934 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 Apr. 731/2 Our inability to express ourselves in plain non-technical (yet unpatronizing) language.
2003 R. Griffen Internet Dating 102 Did you ever notice that the more unpatronizing you wish to sound, the more it comes out sounding like you're asking a three-year-old child what he or she wants for Christmas?
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1793- tenaciousness
- tenaciousnesses
- tenacities
- tenacity
- tenacle
- tenacles
- tenacre
- tenacred
- tenacula
- tenaculum
- tenaculums
- tenaille
- tenaille of the place
- tenailles
- tenaillon
- tenaillons
- tenakoeing
- tenalia
- tenancies
- tenancy
- tenancy in common
- tenant
- tenant at will
- tenant by courtesy
- tenant by the curtesy initiate