paternalism
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- noun
- /ˌpætərˈnælɪzəm/
- Formal
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paternalismo
- The latter kind of paternalism is a form of domination.
- state paternalism
- benevolent paternalism
- economic paternalism
She talks about Southern planters, considering that the Africans who docilely submitted to their paternalism were grown up children.
- She talks about Southern planters, considering that the Africans who docilely submitted to their paternalism were grown up children.
- But he he, he thinks that you can't use force to get people to go there or what we call paternalism.
- And this I know is a hard subject to take up it, it reeks a little bit of paternalism.
- So a lot of this is rooted in paternalism that people can't, as a patient, understand these odds and they have unrealistic expectations.
Examples
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The experience of the Florida Seminoles with the Indian New Deal provides another example of paternalism winning out over democratic principles.
Academic text (1994) -
And so government paternalism in those areas makes us better off.
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I think that there is a lot of unintended paternalism when people think about technology.
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As a result, social policy has been driven away from structural reforms and toward paternalism.
Academic text (1991) -
Hierarchical relationships and paternalism are giving way to rejection and opposition.
Academic text (1992) -
Thanks to your misguided paternalism, racial tension will always be front and center.
Blog text (17) -
As such, paternalism tends to perpetuate a structure of dependency and subordination.
Academic text (1992) -
In each case, the dominating class pretends to a benevolent paternalism, assuming the subordinate class needs protection and direction.
Academic text (1992) -
The government implemented paternalism by restricting access to certain health information for the citizens' safety.
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In many workplaces, paternalism can lead to employees feeling undervalued and patronized by management.
Synonyms
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A government that protects people too much and limits their choices
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Many rules that make doing things harder than necessary
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A strong, heavy feeling that makes people feel trapped or uncomfortable
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Limiting what people can do
Too much control that stops people from doing things on their own
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word paternalism comes from the Latin root pater meaning 'father' and the ending -ism meaning 'a practice or system'. So paternalism is like 'acting as a father': people in power limit others' freedom because they say it is 'for their good'.