Usually means: Treating others like dependent children.
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  1. paternalize: Merriam-Webster
  2. paternalize: Wordnik
  3. paternalize: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (paternalize)

verb:  (transitive) To make paternal; to place in a fatherly role.
verb:  control organizations, things etc. disregarding people's freedom and responsibility under guise and pretense of knowing what would be good and proper for them

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