[U] (sometimes disapproving) the system in which a government or an employer protects the people who are governed or employed by providing them with what they need, but does not give them any responsibility or freedom of choice
paternalistic (also paternalist) adjective:
a paternalistic employer / state
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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