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paternalism
CIDE DICTIONARY
paternalism, n.
The theory or practice of paternal government. See Paternal government , under Paternal. London Times. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
paternalism, n. the policy of governing in a paternal way, or behaving paternally to one's associates or subordinates.
Derivative
paternalist n. paternalistic adj. paternalistically adv.
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