Word: paternalisms
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pa
ter
na
li
sms
Definition: Plural of paternalism; the attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good
Morphemes:
Affix: paternal
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: pater
Language: la
Decoded: pater
Meaning: father
Affix: -rnus
Language: la
Decoded: -rnus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: suffix forming adjectives
Affix: -ism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form names of a tendency of behaviour, action, state, condition or opinion belonging to a class or group of persons, or the result of a doctrine, ideology or principle or lack thereof.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.