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Paternalism vs Discrimination - What's the difference?

paternalism | discrimination |

As nouns the difference between paternalism and discrimination

is that paternalism is the treatment of people in a fatherly manner, especially by caring for them but sometimes being stern with them while discrimination is a distinction; discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things.

paternalism

English

Noun

(wikipedia paternalism)
  • The treatment of people in a fatherly manner, especially by caring for them but sometimes being stern with them.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
  • , author=Steven Sloman , title=The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation , volume=100, issue=1, page=74 , magazine= citation , passage=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.}} English words suffixed with -ism

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    discrimination

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a distinction; discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things.
  • The state of being discriminated, distinguished from, or set apart.
  • (sometimes discrimination against ) distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage; treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality; prejudice; bigotry
  • sexual or racial discrimination
  • The quality of being discriminating, acute discernment, specifically in a learning situation; as to show great discrimination in the choice of means.
  • That which discriminates; mark of distinction, a characteristic.
  • Derived terms

    * nondiscrimination * reverse discrimination

    Hyponyms

    *heterosexism *ageism *ableism *xenophobia

    See also

    * stereotype * bias * racism ----