paternalism
noun
the system, principle, or practice of managing or governing individuals, businesses, nations, etc., in an outwardly benevolent, but often condescending or controlling way.
paternalist
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a word derived from
paternalism.
Example Sentences
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But it's interesting, he didn't love unions because he was a paternalist; he wasn't an abuser.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2022
“If a foreign minister makes a speech today, there’s a group of young analysts that can look at it and say this paragraph is paternalist, that one is aggressive, this isn’t diplomacy.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2022
The paternalist values getting the better end of a deal over pretty much everything else.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2019
“We look to their living quarters, their comfortable living, their dresses, their social problem,” said the paternalist Run Run in an interview he gave in English in 1964.
From Time ● Jan. 7, 2014
Many whites who supported Jim Crow justified it on paternalist grounds, actually believing they were doing blacks a favor or believing the time was not yet “right” for equality.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
