Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paternalize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pa-ter-nal-ize
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make paternal; to place in a fatherly role.

Transitive verb

verb

control organizations, things etc. disregarding people's freedom and responsibility under guise and pretense of knowing what would be good and proper for them

Example Sentences

"To paternalize the government or make it more bureaucratic is in their judgment to repress private enterprise and to imitate the monarchical systems..."

Etymology

From paternal + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: paternal

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

paternalizes (present, singular) paternalizing (participle, present) paternalized (participle, past) paternalized (past)

Derived Forms

paternalizer

Questions

What does paternalize mean?: To make paternal; to place in a fatherly role.
Where does paternalize come from?: From paternal + -ize.

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