How to pronounce “paternalize”

Meaning

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

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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