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paternalizing

paternalizing is the present participle and gerund 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 paternalizing

What is paternalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Paternalizing is the present participle and gerund of paternalize.

Words near paternalizing in the dictionary

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

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