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paternalistic
[ puh-tur-nl-is-tik ]
adjective
- (of governance, management, or behavior) based in a system positing that authority knows best; outwardly benevolent, but often in a condescending or controlling way:
In the paternalistic model of medicine, the doctor adopts the role of decision-maker and dictates what would be best for the patient.
We sought a less paternalistic and more enabling role for the school board, one guided by community engagement and support.
Other yvlog Forms
- 貹·ٱ·Բ··پ·· adverb
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of paternalistic1
Example Sentences
The protection of women — purportedly a benevolent, paternalistic gesture — has instead been historically grounded in and applied for the purposes of controlling women.
“I know for some women that’s very scary and all, but it’s almost a paternalistic kind of view.”
The military thought “that Brazil could deal with native peoples in a paternalistic way and could prepare them for civilization,” Krenak told The Associated Press in an interview following Tuesday’s apology.
Out-of-wedlock births are rare in Japan because of family values based on a paternalistic tradition.
But change has come slowly in a country of conformity with a conservative government that sticks to traditional paternalistic values and is reluctant to accept gender, sexual and family diversity,
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