Paternalism Synonyms

pə-tûrnə-lĭzəm
Synonyms:
(Noun)
  1. collectivism
  2. totalitarianism
  3. socialism
  4. benevolent despotism
  5. jurisdiction
  6. fourierism

Words Related to Paternalism

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Paternalism Sentence Examples

  • To be sure it is not always easy to distinguish between legal moralism and moral paternalism.

  • This rules out, among other things, conceptions of 'positive liberty ' that really involve paternalism.

  • There was the paternalism of a Frederick the Great in his encouragement of the silk industry, - "which all idle people ought to be made to work at," - in his encouragement of commerce through the newly acquired port of Marseilles and the opening up of market placed.

  • But the bans begun in the 1970s strike many Third Worlders as a particularly noxious example of Western paternalism.

  • Richard Dimbleby's benevolent paternalism was set alongside the differing personalities of Michelmore and, to a greater extent, Whicker.

More Sentences

Related Articles