paternalism
English
Etymology
paternal + -ism
Noun
paternalism (countable and uncountable, plural paternalisms)
- The treatment of people in a fatherly manner, especially by caring for them and sometimes being stern with them.
- 2012 January 1, Steven Sloman, “The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 8 January 2012, retrieved 12 May 2013, 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.
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Translations
treatment of people in a fatherly manner
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Anagrams
- intrasample, parliaments
Romanian
Etymology
From French paternalisme.
Noun
paternalism n (uncountable)
- 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 | |