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paternalization

paternalization noun: the act or process of paternalizing.

Noun

paternalization (uncountable)

  1. The act or process of paternalizing.

Origin of paternalization

From paternal + -ization.

Questions about paternalization

What does paternalization mean?
Paternalization means the act or process of paternalizing.
What part of speech is paternalization?
Paternalization is a noun.

Words near paternalization in the dictionary

  1. paternalist
  2. paternalistic
  3. paternalistically
  4. paternalists
  5. paternality
  6. paternalization
  7. paternalize
  8. paternalized
  9. paternalizer
  10. paternalizers
  11. paternalizes

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