paternalism
/pə'tɜr,nəlɪzəm/
noun
11 letters4 syllables15 points in Scrabble®19 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS1
NOUN
1
The attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good.
WORD FORMS
Related formpaternalistic
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®15 points
Words With Friends®19 points
Double word30 points
Triple word45 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinaternalismpay
Starts & ends withP … M
Syllablespa · ter · nal · ism
SYNONYMS & RELATED1
SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS
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