Paternalism
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
the attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Paternalisms
- possessive
- Paternalism's
- pluralpossessive
- Paternalisms'