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paternalistically
adverb
usually disapprovinguk /pəˌtɜː.nəˈlɪs.tɪ.kəl.i/ us /pəˌtɝː.nəˈlɪs.tɪ.kəl.i/
in a way that involves making decisions for other people rather than letting them take responsibility for their own lives:
We generally accept that in emergency situations, doctors can behave paternalistically.
The museum decided to talk down paternalistically to an audience that deserves something more challenging.
He paternalistically did not explain to her what he was doing.
Women were tired of being treated paternalistically by doctors who dismissed their concerns.
The government makes decisions paternalistically.
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