Paternalistic

Word PATERNALISTIC
Character 13
Hyphenation pa ter nal ist ic
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Definitions and meanings of "Paternalistic"

What do we mean by paternalistic?

The quality of being paternal, i.e. like a father, e.g. characterized by behaving in benevolent and yet intrusive manner towards underlings

Of, pertaining to, characteristic of or practicing paternalism

Exhibiting behavior consistent with a father looking after his children. Hopefully that would include things like being protective, supportive and providing for them. Can also be applied to non-family situations, such as a sugar daddy providing for his hot mess of a girlfriend. Urban Dictionary

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The word "paternalistic" in example sentences

Another category of gift, which I like a lot, is what I call "paternalistic" gifts—things you think somebody else should have. ❋ Dan Ariely (2011)

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. ❋ Unknown (1996)

Emanuel, Hillary, and Holbrook reconstitute the PNAC in paternalistic “Democratic” guises. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But I imagine there are certain paternalistic laws he does not favor. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And we are culturally much more comfortable [than the United States] with the idea of paternalistic collectivism. ❋ Unknown (2007)

You think that your attitude was what today we would call paternalistic? ❋ Unknown (1975)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

His idea to collect the tax and then somehow refund to the neediest is the worst kind of paternalistic thinking. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And to say that men have a responsibility is to invoke the same kind of paternalistic mentality that gives rise to these problems in the first place. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Sarandis (1993) has argued that the combined qualities of the Metaxas state point far less to fascism than to 'paternalistic' benevolent dictatorship of the New Right. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But its a matter of empirical analysis, and not snap value judgments such as "paternalistic" or "maternalistic" which add heat but no light to the issue. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Conversely, I have never seen Hillary Clinton being characterized as "paternalistic" and she continues to get much mileage as being "tough." ❋ Unknown (2009)

This sentiment is not necessarily false, in my view, it just reflects a manifestly "paternalistic" position in that women don't know what they're getting into. ❋ Unknown (2007)

SALTZ: You know, to relate to what's going on now, you know, now people are so upset that if you think about it, what we're choosing our leader and it's got a kind of paternalistic role and when we're upset and disturbed we revert back particularly to a childlike state and we want to pick somebody who we would relate to as a good parent, if you would. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But Sulmasy goes on to observe, at some length, that the Vatican's stance is motivated partly by both "pro-life extremists" within the Church and by a European culture of health care that is supposedly more "paternalistic" than the American. ❋ Mike L (2007)

If slaveowners had been right that black people were simply incapable of running their own lives - that they really were subhuman - then some kind of paternalistic approach would have been the only humane way of coexistence. ❋ Unknown (2005)

[Not trying] to be [paternalistic], but I went ahead and [filled up] your car. Didn't want you to break down again. ❋ Jack_Dawson (2016)

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