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paternalism


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Paternalism  \Pa*ter"nal*ism\,  n.  (Polit.  Science) 
  The  theory  or  practice  of  paternal  government.  See  {Paternal 
  government},  under  {Paternal}.  --London  Times. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  paternalism 
  n  :  the  attitude  (of  a  person  or  a  government)  that  subordinates 
  should  be  controlled  in  a  fatherly  way  for  their  own  good 




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