Paternalism

/pəˈtɝnəlɪzəm/

Synonyms for "paternalism" (19 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Noun(2 words)
babyingclinical benevolence

Strong matches (6)

Noun(4 words)
controlemployer benevolenceinstitutional controlintervention

Related words (9)

Noun(7 words)
management benevolenceorganizational controloverprotectionpatrisibphysician overreachrestrictive governancetherapeutic interference

Related word relations

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More general

9 entries
attitudeclinical practicedoctrineethicsgovernancemedical ethicsmental attitudepolicypractice

More specific

8 entries
administrative paternalismcorporate paternalisminformed consentmedical paternalismpatient centered careshared decision makingstate paternalismworkplace paternalism

Collocations

6 entries
corporate paternalismmedical paternalismpaternalistic approachpaternalistic governancepaternalistic policystate paternalism

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

When one announces "My my Tacubaya, if you don't know there don't go there", what this person actually refers to is the absence of governmental paternalism, and in certain areas of the capital, compels others to not attend those places they are unfamiliar with, where they are unaware of the terrain.

Source: tatoeba (9193063)

Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.

Source: wiktionary

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