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Paternalism vs Paternalistic - What's the difference?

paternalism | paternalistic |

As a noun paternalism

is the treatment of people in a fatherly manner, especially by caring for them but sometimes being stern with them.

As an adjective paternalistic is

the quality of being paternal, ie like a father, eg characterized by behaving in benevolent and yet intrusive manner towards underlings.

paternalism

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(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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    paternalistic

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    (en adjective)
  • the quality of being paternal, i.e. like a father, e.g. characterized by behaving in benevolent and yet intrusive manner towards underlings
  • of, pertaining to, characteristic of or practicing paternalism
  • * 1919 , :
  • With a scanty supply of laws in Hellenic commonwealths or city states what an immense vista for an Aristotle, of that grand, complex, efficient machinery of law, turning out yearly thousands of laws and taboos for the paternalistic control and alleged welfare of the citizen!

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