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Definition of paternalism noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

paternalism

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NAmE//pəˈtərnəˌlɪzəm//
 
[uncountable] (sometimes disapproving)
 
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the system in which a government or an employer protects the people who are governed or employed by providing them with what they need, but does not give them any responsibility or freedom of choice
paternalistic
 
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NAmE//pəˈtərnəlɪst//
 
(also paternalist) adjective a paternalistic employerSee paternalism in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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