paternalism

Example Sentences

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Aid became a bastion of paternalism or, as some came to see it, neocolonialism.

From The Wall Street Journal

“We had to fight misogyny, paternalism, bureaucracy, and other significant barriers to be taken seriously,” Xenarios and Anderson later wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal

There’s a certain presumption and paternalism to the notion that California Democrats know what’s best for California Republicans.

From Los Angeles Times

I would say it's paternalism, the idea that the leaders know what's best for everyone else and therefore can act for everyone else, and the idea of being a chosen people, of exceptionalism.

From Salon

Black American liberals rejected the elements of feudalism they recognized in racial prejudice, paternalism and patriarchy.

From Salon