paternalism
pronunciation
How to pronounce paternalism in British English:
UK [pəˈtɜ:nəlɪzəm]
How to pronounce paternalism in American English:
US [pəˈtɜrnəlɪzəm]
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- Noun:
- the attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good
Word Origin
- paternalism (n.)
- "feeling of a father for his children," 1851; "government as by a father over his children," 1866, from paternal + -ism. Related: Paternalistic (1890).
Example
- 1. Governmental paternalism when directed to children is less problematic than paternalism toward adults .
- 2. Most of all , you believe , educated paternalism has delivered the goods .
- 3. Personally I 'm not against paternalism but I think that the level should be based on public opinion .
- 4. When people think about this range of possible solutions one question that comes up is about the extent of paternalism that we are comfortable with .
- 5. So , the most reprehensible insult to god in my view is paternalism ; the taking away of my god-given gift to make my own moral decisions and be responsible for them .