Other Words from paternalism

paternalist \ pə-ˈtər-nə-list

\ noun or adjective

paternalistic \ pə-ˌtər-nə-ˈli-stik

\ adjective

paternalistically \ pə-ˌtər-nə-ˈli-sti-k(ə-)lē

\ adverb

Examples of paternalism in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But there is still time in 2022, and hopefully a combination of Lovie Smith and Nick Caserio can get the focus on watchable, relevant football versus distractions, paternalism, strong bad feelings and distrust. — Stephanie Stradley, Chron, 22 Apr. 2022 Bell’s series falls short of questioning the systems of paternalism that endowed a serial rapist with so much institutional control. — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022 But such paternalism is a reality for hundreds of thousands of Americans using methadone to treat opioid addiction and live a healthy life. — Paul J. Joudrey And Adam J. Gordon, STAT, 25 Dec. 2021 Mandatory corporate paternalism is a good way to provide welfare benefits without enduring the unpleasantness of taking responsibility for their cost. — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 13 May 2021 But even when women producers of colour get their foot in the door, there’s often a slew of microaggressions, paternalism, ego, and other barriers waiting for them on the other side. — Ecleen Luzmila Caraballo, refinery29.com, 12 Dec. 2021 Within his own country, Lukashenka has imposed a kind of harsh paternalism. — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021 At most these appear as budget rules or transfer rules that play little or no part in cost-benefit analysis, and figure nowhere into regulatory aggregates even as paternalism and normalization of dependency may trump much else. — Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021 The same medical paternalism that judged women for resisting C-sections also judged women — just a few decades earlier — for having them. — New York Times, 21 July 2021 See More

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