paternalism
noun/pəˈtɜːnəlɪzəm/
/pəˈtɜːrnəlɪzəm/
[uncountable] (sometimes disapproving)- 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
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