paternalize (English, verb)
expansion: paternalize (third-person singular simple present paternalizes, present participle paternalizing, simple past and past participle paternalized)
Senses:
glosses: To make paternal; to place in a fatherly role.
tags: transitive
glosses: control organizations, things etc. disregarding people's freedom and responsibility under guise and pretense of knowing what would be good and proper for them
Forms:
form: paternalizes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: paternalizing
tags: participle
present
form: paternalized
tags: participle
past
form: paternalized
tags: past