What (who) is paternalistic - definition

ACTION LIMITING A PERSON’S OR GROUP’S LIBERTY OR AUTONOMY INTENDED TO PROMOTE THEIR OWN GOOD

Paternalistic; Paternalist; Parentalism

paternalistic

Someone who is paternalistic takes all the decisions for the people they govern, employ, or are responsible for.

The doctor is being paternalistic. He's deciding what information the patient needs to know...

ADJ

paternalist

(paternalists)

A paternalist is a person who acts in a paternalistic way.

Primo de Rivera himself was a benevolent and sincere paternalist.

N-COUNT

Paternalist means the same as paternalistic
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...a paternalist policy of state welfare for the deserving poor.

ADJ: usu ADJ n

Paternalism

·noun The theory or practice of paternal government. ·see Paternal government, under Paternal.

Wikipedia

Paternalism

Paternalism is action that limits a person's or group's liberty or autonomy and is intended to promote their own good. Paternalism can also imply that the behavior is against or regardless of the will of a person, or also that the behavior expresses an attitude of superiority. Paternalism, paternalistic and paternalist have all been used as a pejorative for example in the context of societal and/or political realms and references.

Some such as John Stuart Mill think paternalism to be appropriate towards children, saying:

"It is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that this doctrine is meant to apply only to human beings in the maturity of their faculties. We are not speaking of children, or of young persons below the age which the law may fix as that of manhood or womanhood."

Paternalism towards adults is sometimes thought of as treating them as if they were children.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternalism

Pronunciation examples for paternalistic

1. maternalistic or paternalistic medicine,

Shrinks - the Untold Story of Psychiatry _ Jeffrey Lieberman _ Talks at Google

2. But again, it's very paternalistic.

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3. prioritizing in adopting this more paternalistic approach

Future Politics _ Jamie Susskind _ Talks at Google

4. We have this very paternalistic approach.

Samantha Nutt _ Talks at Google

5. And I think that's both paternalistic and

Age of Discovery _ Professor Ian Goldin _ Talks at Google

Examples of use of paternalistic

1. Corporate governance will replace the paternalistic vision of the business.

2. This clearly illustrates the struggle for individualistic against paternalistic values.

3. So some regulators think they should be paternalistic and ban unreasonable transactions.

4. She agreed with defense attorney Roger Rosen‘s characterizations of Spector as mannerly and paternalistic.

5. The revolutionaries were rising up against the paternalistic tsar as much as tsarism.