paternalistic attitude

collocation in English

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paternalistic
adjective
uk
/pəˌtɜː.nəˈlɪs.tɪk/us
/pəˌtɝː.nəˈlɪs.tɪk/
(of people in authority) making decisions for other people rather than letting them take responsibility for their ...
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attitude
noun
uk
/ˈæt.ɪ.tʃuːd/us
/ˈæt̬.ə.tuːd/
a feeling or opinion about something or someone, or a way of behaving that is caused ...
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(Definition ofpaternalisticandattitudefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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First, it takes a verypaternalisticattitudetowards children, denying them any agency in their own lives.
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Do not let us toss this word "paternalism" about too much: because there is still something good in apaternalisticattitude.
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From the trade union point of view, there are some glaring omissions of principle, which stem from thepaternalisticattitudeof the management.
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When employees are discussing a scheme to which they contribute, they get away from thispaternalisticattitudeand become more personally involved in discussions.
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A contributory scheme would get away from thepaternalisticattitudewhich is an inevitable accompaniment of a non-contributory scheme.
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I am not thinking here of the old type ofpaternalisticattitudetowards young people.
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In this resolution, there is too much of apaternalisticattitudetowards a great country that does not deserve this treatment.
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He showed apaternalisticattitudetowards us.
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I agree at once that there is something of apaternalisticattitudehere, and it is very difficult to weigh the balance between over-cautious and being rash.
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This is apaternalisticattitude.
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It defends itspaternalisticattitude.
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Those of us who think that, where possible, we should give people the money to do their own thing rather than adopt apaternalisticattitudehave been defeated.
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He showed apaternalisticattitudetowards women, long after they had shown they could master university-level courses.
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The corporation took an old-style,paternalisticattitudetowards workers, building a company town around the mine.
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It was only in the 1950s that thispaternalisticattitudebegan to change.
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He was noted for hispaternalisticattitudetowards his staff, providing medical and educational support.
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Her empathetic and inquisitive approach amidst the paternalistic attitudes of her contemporaries allowed her to embrace the anthropological context of the patients she was treating.
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