Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to paternalism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Benevolent but sometimes intrusive; -- used often of governments and the administration of large organizations. See paternal government.
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- adjective the quality of being
paternal , i.e. like afather , e.g. characterized by behaving in benevolent and yet intrusive manner towardsunderlings - adjective of, pertaining to, characteristic of or practicing
paternalism
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- adjective benevolent but sometimes intrusive
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Examples
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Another category of gift, which I like a lot, is what I call "paternalistic" gifts—things you think somebody else should have.
Is It Irrational To Give Holiday Gifts? Dan Ariely 2011
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But officials accompanying him made clear his target was France and what they described as the paternalistic ties it maintains with its dozen or so former colonies, mostly in west and central Africa.
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But officials accompanying him made clear his target was France and what they described as the paternalistic ties it maintains with its dozen or so former colonies, mostly in west and central Africa.
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Emanuel, Hillary, and Holbrook reconstitute the PNAC in paternalistic “Democratic” guises.
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But I imagine there are certain paternalistic laws he does not favor.
Matthew Yglesias » By Request: Your Crime Control Policy On Drugs 2009
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Someone mentioned the word paternalistic and that is exactly what it is, combined with narcissism that other cultures are there to be gawked at rather than understood.
Advisor: Was it cruel to let poor kids in India play with my iPod? Boing Boing 2009
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And we are culturally much more comfortable [than the United States] with the idea of paternalistic collectivism.
Targeting Guns 2007
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You think that your attitude was what today we would call paternalistic?
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If Professor Cowen is correct about it being part of human nature to desire a kind of paternalistic government, I think his essential point is right.
Tyler's Crisis Mentality, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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His idea to collect the tax and then somehow refund to the neediest is the worst kind of paternalistic thinking.
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