paternalism
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Noun
- The attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good
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Words that sound like the term "paternalism".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | patriotism | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | positivism | 5 | 4 |
| 3 | parallelism | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | pragmatism | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | planetarium | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | pandemonium | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | parochialism | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | pastoralism | 5 | 0 |
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| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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| 1 | patterns | 2 | 47 |
| 2 | nationalism | 5 | 35 |
| 3 | materialism | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | maternal | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | terminals | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | parallelism | 5 | 3 |
| 7 | imperialism | 6 | 2 |
| 8 | paternalistic | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | naturalism | 5 | 1 |
| 10 | vandalism | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | paternal | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | pastoralism | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | unilateralism | 7 | 0 |
| 14 | peronism | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | fatalism | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | pasternak's | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | materialist | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | perlis | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | patera | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | tribalism | 3 | 0 |
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Definitions: 1
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 8
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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📰 This Word in the News:
Haiti earthquake diary: Haitians chafe at foreign paternalism
Jan 27, 2010 The Christian Science Monitor
Jan 27, 2010 The Christian Science Monitor
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Dec 11, 2018 The Conversation
Dec 11, 2018 The Conversation
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