paternalist in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for paternalist in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.paternalist [Brit pəˈtəːn(ə)lɪst, Am pəˈtərn(ə)ləst] ADJ

paternalist

paternalistico

paternalist

paternalista

II.paternalist [Brit pəˈtəːn(ə)lɪst, Am pəˈtərn(ə)ləst] N

paternalist

paternalista mf

Translations for paternalist in the Italian»English Dictionary

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English

Sure, it's neo-colonial, sure it's paternalist, but what is the alternative?

www.smh.com.au

A paternalist would blanch at these statistics, but perhaps they're not such a big deal.

fusion.net

The opposition claimed to represent the people's will and the people's interests, but it sometimes treated its supporters with a paternalist instrumentalism that evoked manipulation more than emancipation.

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There've been too many cases in the past of paternalists driving up costs -- and even excluding some groups entirely -- by insisting on minimum standards they feel others should live at.

blogs.crikey.com.au

This is extremely, and ironically, paternalist.

www.macleans.ca

Made the paternalists and moral police happy though.

blogs.crikey.com.au

While conditions have always been applied to eligibility for welfare payments, restrictions on how payments may be spent are a new development, criticised by some as paternalist and stigmatising.

theconversation.com

And your statement about paternalists driving up prices is also mostly hot-air.

blogs.crikey.com.au

Second, being a weak, non-intrusive and non-coercive form of paternalism, graphic health warnings are a libertarian paternalist intervention.

thewire.in

Defending labour market flexibility seems paternalist -- "ah, but it's for your own good".

thoughcowardsflinch.com