matronizing

Verb

matronize (third-person singular simple present matronizes, present participle matronizing, simple past and past participle matronized)

1. (transitive) To make a matron of; to make matron-like.
   • Childbed matronizes the giddiest spirits.1741-1755, Samuel Richardson, The Familiar Letters
2. (transitive) To act the part of a matron toward; to superintend or chaperone.
   • to matronize an assembly
3. (derogatory, sometimes, transitive) To criticize from a feminist perspective.
   • to matronize female artists for sexploitation
4. (derogatory, sometimes, transitive) Of a woman: to patronize or be condescending towards.