Difference between paternalism and paternalistic
Definitions
noun
- the attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good
Examples
As for the colonies in Asia and Africa, authoritarian paternalism - not self-government - was the order of the day.
On both philosophical and emotional grounds, I hate paternalism in government; and I don't like maternalism in government any better, especially given that, in a number of respects, America is gradually evolving into a gynocracy anyhow.
Consequently the forms of paternalism signified by feudal relations are more likely to be a recent tradition rather than a distant memory.
Definitions
adjective
- benevolent but sometimes intrusive
Examples
Yet necessary public-health interventions are by nature paternalistic: think fluoridation of municipal water supplies, compulsory vaccinations and mandatory reporting of communicable diseases.
All these government programs are invasive of privacy, paternalistic, demeaning, and inefficient.
Reducing access to credit as a means of preventing overextension, of course, risks reorienting policy towards the paternalistic practices of the past.
