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noun
The treatment of people in a fatherly manner, especially by caring for them and sometimes being stern with them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The guiding of people in a manner that limits their autonomy in the name of their own well-being.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
the attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: attitude, mental attitude
History
Etymology tree English paternal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English paternalism From paternal + -ism.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
