paternalismo

Definitions of paternalismo
  1. noun
    the attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good
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    type of:
    disposición, postura
    a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
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