Usually means: Imposing decisions for another's benefit.
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  1. paternalistically: Merriam-Webster
  2. paternalistically: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. paternalistically: Collins English Dictionary
  4. paternalistically: Vocabulary.com
  5. paternalistically: Wordnik
  6. paternalistically: Wiktionary
  7. paternalistically: Dictionary.com
  8. paternalistically: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. paternalistically: Encyclopedia

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  1. paternalistically: Medical dictionary

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▸ adverb:  In a paternalistic manner.

Similar:
maternalistically, paternally, patricentrically, patronizingly, patriarchally, nepotistically, unpaternally, patriarchically, patristically, unpatronizingly, more...

Opposite:
maternally, democratically, autonomously

Types:
non-maleficence, autonomy, beneficence, justice, more...

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Similar:
maternalistically, paternally, patricentrically, patronizingly, patriarchally, nepotistically, unpaternally, patriarchically, patristically, unpatronizingly, more...

Opposite:
maternally, democratically, autonomously

Types:
non-maleficence, autonomy, beneficence, justice, more...



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