paternalistic
adjective
politicsusuallydisapprovinguk/pəˌtɜː.nəˈlɪs.tɪk/us/pəˌtɝː.nəˈlɪs.tɪk/(ofpeopleinauthority) makingdecisionsfor otherpeopleratherthanlettingthem takeresponsibilityfortheirownlives:
家长式统治的；家长作风的；家长式的Thecountryhas a paternalisticculture.这个国家有一种家长式文化。
He had a paternalisticattitudetoward hispeers.他对自己的同学有一种家长式的态度。
See
paternalism
- Thecompanywas aclassicpaternalisticemployer.
- Localauthoritieshave a paternalistic andauthoritarianattitude.
- Too often, health-careprofessionalstake a paternalisticapproachtopatients.
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