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Paternalism   /pətˈərnəlˌɪzəm/   Listen
Paternalism

noun
1.
The attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good.





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"Paternalism" Quotes from Famous Books



... dairies, gold mines, citrus estates, nurseries, ranches, tobacco warehouses, abattoirs, cold storage plants and dams, which insures adequate water supply in various sections. It is a profitable example of constructive paternalism whose results will be increasingly evident long after the famous ...
— An African Adventure • Isaac F. Marcosson
... socialism means paternalism, which, exercised by all the people, is the most hopeless ...
— The Arena - Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 • Various


Words linked to "Paternalism" :   attitude, government activity, administration, governance, government, governing, mental attitude, paternalistic


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