paternalismn.

1843 Chester Chron. 1 Dec. Let the government disarm O'Connell..by legislating for Ireland in the spirit of full and ample justice, and govern her with strict paternalism.

1873 Appletons' Jrnl. 22 Feb. 284/1 Mr. Froude applied the doctrine of what we may call ‘paternalism’ to the policy which he thought England should adopt toward Ireland.

1888 Co-operative News 7 Apr. 324 Kindly paternalism has resulted in a perfect understanding between employer and workers.

1906 Fabian News 16 34/2 Owen first became famous through his paternalism in his cotton-mills, at a time when paternalism was needed, because neither Factory Acts nor Trade Unions existed to protect the workers.

1949 Manch. Guardian Weekly 7 July 6/1 The Catholic preparation, so essentially undemocratic, with its paternalism, its hierarchy and its long experience of propaganda.

2003 Jrnl. Law, Med., & Ethics (Nexis) 30 677 Policymakers' fears of irrational demands should not become paternalism in deciding what is best for citizens who enjoy constitutional rights.

1893 Standard 13 Apr. 5/2 The old spirit of paternalism which induced the British lender to place the Australian States on a higher footing than foreign borrowers.

1972 Information Bank Abstr. (N.Y. Times) (Nexis) 16 Mar. 34/3 O'Dwyer said judge's ‘protective attitude’ and ‘paternalism’ toward Douglas encouraged informer to ‘engage in quarrelsome dialogue’ with defense counsel.