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antipaternalistic

antipaternalistic adjective: opposing paternalism.

Adjective

antipaternalistic (comparative more antipaternalistic, superlative most antipaternalistic)

  1. Opposing paternalism.

Forms of antipaternalistic

comparativemore antipaternalistic
superlativemost antipaternalistic

Origin of antipaternalistic

From anti- + paternalistic.

Questions about antipaternalistic

What does antipaternalistic mean?
Antipaternalistic means opposing paternalism.
What part of speech is antipaternalistic?
Antipaternalistic is an adjective.

Words near antipaternalistic in the dictionary

  1. antipastorals
  2. antipastos
  3. antipatent
  4. Antipater
  5. antipaternal
  6. antipaternalistic
  7. antipatharian
  8. antipatharians
  9. antipatherian
  10. antipathetic
  11. antipathetical

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