Usually means: Control exerted for another's welfare.
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  1. paternalistic: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. paternalistic: Merriam-Webster
  3. paternalistic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. paternalistic: Collins English Dictionary
  5. paternalistic: Vocabulary.com
  6. Paternalistic, paternalistic: Wordnik
  7. paternalistic: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. paternalistic: Wiktionary
  9. paternalistic: Dictionary.com
  10. paternalistic: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Paternalistic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. paternalistic: Rhymezone
  13. paternalistic: FreeDictionary.org
  14. paternalistic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. paternalistic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. paternalistic: Encyclopedia

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  1. paternalistic: Medical dictionary

(Note: See paternalism as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (paternalistic)

adjective:  the quality of being paternal, i.e. like a father, e.g. characterized by behaving in benevolent and yet intrusive manner towards underlings
adjective:  of, pertaining to, characteristic of or practicing paternalism

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