Usually means: Advocates control for others' welfare.
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  1. paternalist: Merriam-Webster
  2. paternalist: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. paternalist: Collins English Dictionary
  4. paternalist: Wordnik
  5. paternalist: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. paternalist: Wiktionary
  7. paternalist: Dictionary.com
  8. Paternalist: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. paternalist: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. paternalist: Encyclopedia

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  1. paternalist: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to paternalism.
▸ noun:  An advocate of paternalism.

Similar:
patriarchalistic, patrimonial, paternal, patriological, maternalistic, patricidal, patriarchial, parental, patrician, parently, more...

Opposite:
maternalist, egalitarian, democratic

Adjectives:
benevolent, strong, soft, more, tory, imperial, weak, white, libertarian, female, liberal

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Similar:
patriarchalistic, patrimonial, paternal, patriological, maternalistic, patricidal, patriarchial, parental, patrician, parently, more...

Opposite:
maternalist, egalitarian, democratic

Adjectives:
benevolent, strong, soft, more, tory, imperial, weak, white, libertarian, female, liberal



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