paternalism

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	attitude, mental attitude,
definition	:	a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways (noun.cognition)

domain category	:	administration, governance, governing, government, government activity,
definition	:	the act of governing; exercising authority (noun.act)

derivation	:	paternalistic,
definition	:	benevolent but sometimes intrusive (adj.all)

derivation	:	paternalistic,
definition	:	benevolent but sometimes intrusive (adj.all)