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    paternalistic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective paternalistic has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
paternalistic, adj. 
                                            
                                         Benevolent but sometimes intrusive; -- used often of governments and the administration of large organizations.  See paternal government .                                                                                 [WordNet 1.5]                                                                                                                    
                                                                                    
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