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Paternalism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A policy or practice of treating or governing people in a fatherly manner, especially by providing for their needs without giving them rights or responsibilities.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. the treatment of people in a fatherly manner, especially by caring for them but sometimes being stern with them

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The theory or practice of paternal government. See Paternal government, under paternal.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Paternal care or government; specifically, excessive governmental regulation of the private affairs and business methods and interests of the people; undue solicitude on the part of the central government for the protection of the people and their interests, and interference therewith.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good

Word Usage

"The term paternalism has its roots in the notion of paternal administration ” government as by a father to administer in the way a beneficent father raises his children."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

attitude mental attitude

Variant

paternal

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

journalism

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

matricide decentralist patricide xenophobia chauvinism