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单词 paternalism
释义
paternalism
noun[U]
politicsusuallydisapproving
uk
/pəˈtɜː.nə.lɪ.zəm/us
/pəˈtɝː.nə.lɪ.zəm/
thinkingorbehaviourbypeopleinauthoritythatresultsin them makingdecisionsfor otherpeoplethat,althoughthey may be to those people'sadvantage,preventthem from takingresponsibilityfortheirownlives
家长作风；专制
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Controlling and being in charge
  • aggrandize
  • assume
  • assumption
  • authoritative
  • authoritatively
  • commanding
  • dictate
  • guiding principle
  • harness
  • have (got)someoneby the short and curliesidiom
  • havesomeoneby the ballsidiom
  • havesomeoneeating out ofyourhandidiom
  • helm
  • override
  • police
  • policing
  • possess
  • power play
  • predominate
  • skipper
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Related words

paternalist
paternalistic
(Definition ofpaternalismfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

paternalism| American Dictionary

paternalism
noun[U]
us
/pəˈtɜr·nəlˌɪz·əm/
thepracticeofcontrollingesp.employeesorcitizensin a way that issimilarto that of afathercontrollinghischildren, by giving them what isbeneficialbut notallowingthemresponsibilityorfreedomofchoice

paternalistic

adjectiveus
/pəˌtɜr·nəlˈɪs·tɪk/
a paternalisticemployer
(Definition ofpaternalismfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpaternalism

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Somepaternalismaims merely to provide benefits, though.
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Others merely hoped for a modern viable form ofpaternalism.
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They should not expect to encounter frequently the epistemicpaternalismthat some healthcare ethics committees have adopted.
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This is not to say thatpaternalismwill never be justified.
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Paternalismcohered with both the prevailing ethics of clinical care and the legal standards of informed consent for clinical care at that time.
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It is this aspect ofpaternalismwithin public health ethics which we wish to consider briefly now in relation to our subsequent exploration of transableism.
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This creates the possibility of exploitation (paternalismin the bad sense).
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However, the personal welfare argument is rarely invoked on its own, because it is generally recognized aspaternalism.
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This aura ofpaternalismis then augmented by suggestions that ' careful and informed interventions ' are required to guide ethnicity in a more tolerant direction.
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For these familiar reasons, argument about legalpaternalismby example and counterexample is almost bound to end up uncertain and tentative.
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There is then a distributive-justice aspect to the issue ofpaternalism.
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It is a huge and difficult undertaking, but such are the costs of any principled defense ofpaternalism.
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Though that is hardly a brief forpaternalism, it should make us-at least those of us with liberal sympathies-rather concerned.
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Should we consider these "flexible negotiations" a form of benevolentpaternalism?
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Freedom seems a good thing when the path is clear, but if the road gets rocky,paternalismand collective mechanisms are preferred.
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