Associations to the word «Paternalistic»
Noun
- Attitude
- Benevolence
- Racism
- Colonialism
- African
- Employer
- Justification
- Tsar
- Welfare
- Ideology
- Intervention
- Autonomy
- Ethics
- Policy
- Healthcare
- Slavery
- Physician
- Wage
- Plantation
- Slave
- Obligation
- Progressive
- Approach
- Employee
- Commitment
- Worker
- Relationship
- Harm
- Patient
- Leadership
- Consent
- View
- Regime
- Preference
- Phillips
- Decision
- Immigrant
- Smoking
- Rights
- Responsibility
- Culture
- Notion
- Indian
- Restriction
- Disability
- Labor
- Owner
- Authority
- Therapy
- Support
- Society
- Determination
- Provider
- Democracy
- Choice
- Tobacco
- Union
- Government
- Treatment
- Class
- Institution
- Participation
Adjective
Wiktionary
PATERNALISTIC, adjective. The quality of being paternal, i.e. like a father, e.g. characterized by behaving in benevolent and yet intrusive manner towards underlings
PATERNALISTIC, adjective. Of, pertaining to, characteristic of or practicing paternalism
Dictionary definition
PATERNALISTIC, adjective. Benevolent but sometimes intrusive.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.