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Definition of Paternalistic
1. Adjective. Benevolent but sometimes intrusive.
Definition of Paternalistic
1. Adjective. the quality of being paternal, i.e. like a father, e.g. characterized by behaving in benevolent and yet intrusive manner towards underlings ¹
2. Adjective. of, pertaining to, characteristic of or practicing paternalism ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Paternalistic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paternalistic
Literary usage of Paternalistic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Political Ideas of Modern Japan by Kiyoshi Karl Kawakami (1903)
"The third school is referred to as the paternalistic school because it asserts
... But, unlike the economic and liberal schools, the paternalistic school ..."
2. Political Systems in Transition: War-time and After by Charles Ghequiere Fenwick (1920)
"Effect of paternalistic government. That good measures, whether relating to the
regulation of business or to the improvement of the conditions of the ..."
3. Intercollegiate Debates edited by Paul Martin Pearson, Egbert Ray Nichols (1916)
"tablish this paternalistic measure, which is fundamentally wrong, and in the face
of the ... They may say first that the minimum wage is not paternalistic. ..."
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