paternalize en · VERB
Etymology
From paternal + -ize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To make paternal; to place in a fatherly role.
To paternalize the government or make it more bureaucratic is in their judgment to repress private enterprise and to imitate the monarchical systems...
1912, Edith M Phelps, Selected Articles on Government Ownership of the Telegraph:
- control organizations, things etc. disregarding people's freedom and responsibility under guise and pretense of knowing what would be good and proper for them
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| paternalizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| paternalizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| paternalized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| paternalized | Tense=Past | lexicographic |