paternalism

English

Etymology

paternal +‎ -ism

Noun

paternalism (countable and uncountable, plural paternalisms)

1. The treatment of people in a fatherly manner, especially by caring for them and sometimes being stern with them.
   • 2012 January, Steven Sloman, “The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 8 January 2012, page 74:

     Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.

2. The guiding of people in a manner that limits their autonomy in the name of their own well-being.

Translations

treatment of people in a fatherly manner

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 父愛主義／父爱主义 (fù'ài zhǔyì), 父爱主义 (fù'ài zhǔyì), 家長主義／家长主义 (jiāzhǎng zhǔyì), 家长主义 (jiāzhǎng zhǔyì)

• Finnish: isällisyys
• French: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French paternalisme. By surface analysis, paternal +‎ -ism.

Noun

paternalism n (uncountable)

1. paternalism

Declension

declension of paternalism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) paternalism	paternalismul
genitive/dative	(unui) paternalism	paternalismului
vocative	paternalismule