Paternalism (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("paternalism" is a kind of...):
attitude; mental attitude (a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways)
Domain category:
administration; governance; governing; government; government activity (the act of governing; exercising authority)
Derivation:
paternalistic (benevolent but sometimes intrusive)