Associations to the word «Paternalistic»
Noun
- Rule
- Client
- Health
- Mill
- Black
- Freedom
- Minority
- Care
- Judgment
- Respect
- White
- Missionary
- Need
- Tradition
- Dealing
- Model
- Benefit
- Empire
- Role
- Relation
- Belief
- Principle
- Conflict
- Administration
- Practice
- Illness
- Self
- Context
- Poverty
- Management
- Era
- Style
- Criticism
- Concern
- Extent
- Argument
- Arrangement
- Instance
- Status
- Risk
- Consequence
- Business
- Community
- Leader
- Industry
- Problem
- Majority
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
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.