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paternalism

 noun
     
Related topics: Organizations
pa‧ter‧nal‧is‧m [uncountable]
PGSSO when people in charge of an organization or society protect the members and give them what they need but do not allow them any freedom or responsibility
—paternalistic also paternalist adjective
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