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GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Polit. Science) the assumption by the governing power of a quasi-fatherly relation to the people, involving strict and intimate supervision of their business and social concerns, upon the theory that they are incapable of managing their own affairs.
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“Just so," said Mr. Low, — "only that what you call a paternal government is not always quiet and orderly.”
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