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[ 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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attitude government

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Phonetic and Homophones

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Similar Spelling

paternal paternalistic paternally paternoster patternmaker patterned pattern-bomb paternity

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