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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Paternalism \Pa*ter"nal*ism\, n. (Polit. Science)
   The theory or practice of paternal government. See Paternal
   government, under Paternal. --London Times.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

paternalism
    n 1: the attitude (of a person or a government) that
         subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for
         their own good