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- Dictionarypander/ˈpandə/
verb
- 1. gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire or taste or a person with such a desire or taste): "newspapers are pandering to people's baser instincts"
noun
- 1. a pimp.
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to do or provide exactly what a person or group wants, especially when it is not acceptable, reasonable, or approved of, usually in order to get some personal advantage: It's not good the way she panders to his every whim. Political leaders almost inevitably pander to big business. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of PANDER is to act as a pander; especially : to provide gratification for others' desires. How to use pander in a sentence. Distinctive Meanings of Procure
If you pander to someone or to their wishes, you do everything that they want, often to get some advantage for yourself. He has offended the party's traditional base by pandering to the rich and the middle classes.
To pander is to appease or gratify, and often in a negative, self-serving way. The word pander began its infamous history as the name of various characters. Pandaro was a character in Boccaccio’s Filostrato .
1. a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp. 2. a person who caters to or profits from the weaknesses or vices of others. 3. a go-between in amorous intrigues. v.i. 4. to act as a pander; cater basely: to pander to vulgar tastes. v.t. 5. to act as a pander for.
Pander definition: to cater to or profit from the weaknesses or vices of others. See examples of PANDER used in a sentence.
They pander to the human desire for narrative (people tend to work hard for institutions that have a vision and give them a sense of purpose).
Pander Definition. To act as a go-between or liaison in sexual intrigues; function as a procurer. To act as a pander ( to a person's ignoble ambitions or desires, vices, etc.) To be a pander for.
Definition of pander verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
pander to, [~ + to + object] to provide or furnish (a person or people) with something that satisfies their low desires or that appeals to their prejudices or fears: Those newspapers pander to the public's lowest desires: greed and sex.
