PATERNALIST


Meaning of PATERNALIST in English

(~s)

1.

A ~ is a person who acts in a ~ic way.

Primo de Rivera himself was a benevolent and sincere ~.

N-COUNT

2.

Paternalist means the same as ~ic .

...a ~ policy of state welfare for the deserving poor.

ADJ: usu ADJ n

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