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paternalness

paternalness noun: quality of being paternal.

Noun

paternalness (uncountable)

  1. Quality of being paternal.

Origin of paternalness

From paternal + -ness.

Questions about paternalness

What does paternalness mean?
Paternalness means quality of being paternal.
What part of speech is paternalness?
Paternalness is a noun.

Words near paternalness in the dictionary

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

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