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The answer PATERNALISTIC has 4 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of paternalistic in various dictionaries:
adj - benevolent but sometimes intrusive
PATERNALISTIC - Paternalism is action limiting a person's or group's liberty or autonomy which is intended to promote their own good. Paternalism can also imply that...
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| Behaving in a fatherly but unwelcome way |
| Caring but condescending |
| Closely supervising |
| Giving well-meaning but unwelcome supervision |
| Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles |
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| Mar 21 2014 The Times - Concise |
| Apr 23 2010 The Times - Concise |
| May 30 2005 The Times - Concise |
| May 23 2001 The Guardian - Quick crossword |
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| bPaternalismb (or parentalism) is behavior, by a person, organization or state, which limits some person or group's liberty or autonomy for that person's or group's own good. |
| benevolent but sometimes intrusive |
| used to describe an organization in which the workers are looked after well by the employers who make good decisions for them but prevent them from taking responsibility themselves: |
| Relating to or characterized by the restriction of the freedom and responsibilities of subordinates or dependants in their supposed interest. |
| the quality of being paternal, i.e. like a father, e.g. characterized by behaving in benevolent and yet intrusive manner towards underlings |
| of, pertaining to, characteristic of or practicing paternalism |
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| Paternalism is action limiting a person's or group's liberty or autonomy which 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.The word paternalism is from the Latin pater "father" via the adjective paternus "fatherly", which in Medieval Latin became paternalis. Some, such as John Stuart Mill, think paternalism to be appropriate towards children: "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. |