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Paternalistic   /pətˌərnəlˈɪstɪk/   Listen
Paternalistic

adjective
1.
Benevolent but sometimes intrusive.





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"Paternalistic" Quotes from Famous Books



... character which would lead them to succeed anywhere, then the reason for their failing to succeed in the city would lie in an unfavorable environment, and to change their environment, it is not necessary to carry on a system of paternalistic colonies. This leads us to the question of assisted emigration, which we will discuss in connection with our ...
— The Social Work of the Salvation Army • Edwin Gifford Lamb
... London is the only one which can in any sense be called "free." In Paris, the ability of the Bank of France to pay its notes in silver instead of gold makes it possible for the Bank of France to control the gold movement absolutely, while in Germany the paternalistic attitude of the government is so insistent that gold exports are rarely undertaken by bankers except with the full sanction of the governors of ...
— Elements of Foreign Exchange - A Foreign Exchange Primer • Franklin Escher


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