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- noun Plural form of
paternalism .
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Examples
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In the antique paternalisms there is invariably this parental personality at the top; down beneath it are the puppet children.
The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 Various 1888
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If our nation, it is claimed, allows this specious excuse to commit it to the doctrine of State interference, we are drifted into the despotic paternalisms of the old world.
The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 Various 1888
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In his new, pioneering study of democracy in Britain since 1918, David Marquand identifies the two dominant paternalisms that oversaw the final stages of this domestic process.
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In his new, pioneering study of democracy in Britain since 1918, David Marquand identifies the two dominant paternalisms that oversaw the final stages of this domestic process.
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In his new, pioneering study of democracy in Britain since 1918, David Marquand identifies the two dominant paternalisms that oversaw the final stages of this domestic process.
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