paternalize.
To make paternal; to place in a fatherly role.
Meaning & usage
To make paternal; to place in a fatherly role.
control organizations, things etc. disregarding people's freedom and responsibility under guise and pretense of knowing what would be good and proper for them
Where this word comes from
From paternal + -ize.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.