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patronizing

 adjective
     
pat‧ro‧niz‧ing
someone who is patronizing talks to you in a way that shows they think you are less intelligent or important than them:
a patronizing attitude
a patronizing tone
I don't mean to sound patronizing.
—patronizingly adverb
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