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paternalizes

paternalizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of paternalize.

Meaning of paternalize

Verb

paternalize (third-person singular simple present paternalizes, present participle paternalizing, simple past and past participle paternalized)

  1. (transitive) To make paternal; to place in a fatherly role.
    • To paternalize the government or make it more bureaucratic is in their judgment to repress private enterprise and to imitate the monarchical systems...1912, Edith M Phelps, Selected Articles on Government Ownership of the Telegraph
  2. control organizations, things etc. disregarding people's freedom and responsibility under guise and pretense of knowing what would be good and proper for them

Questions about paternalizes

What is paternalizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Paternalizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of paternalize.

Words near paternalizes in the dictionary

  1. paternalization
  2. paternalize
  3. paternalized
  4. paternalizer
  5. paternalizers
  6. paternalizes
  7. paternalizing
  8. paternally
  9. paternalness
  10. paternals
  11. paternities

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