As far as I'm concerned, laws that require drivers to wear seatbelts are paternalistic.
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Paternalistic
Synonyms for "paternalistic" (14 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Adjective(3 words)
Strong matches (4)
Noun(2 words)
coddlingcolonial administration
Adjective(2 words)
colonial policycontrolling
Related words (7)
Adjective(4 words)
Noun(1 words)
Verb(2 words)
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More general
4 entriesgovernance styleleadership stylemanagement approachpolicy descriptor
More specific
4 entriesdirective managementpaternalistic governancepaternalistic policytop-down leadership
Collocations
6 entriespaternalistic approachpaternalistic attitudepaternalistic governancepaternalistic interventionpaternalistic leadershippaternalistic policy
Inflections
2 entriesmore paternalisticmost paternalistic
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
This law is paternalistic.
Source: tatoeba (1737546)
With a scanty supply of laws in Hellenic commonwealths or city states what an immense vista for an Aristotle, of that grand, complex, efficient machinery of law, turning out yearly thousands of laws and taboos for the paternalistic control and alleged welfare of the citizen!
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