paternalizeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

paternalize (三人称単数 現在形 paternalizes, 現在分詞 paternalizing, 過去形および過去分詞形 paternalized)

1. (transitive) To make paternal; to place in a fatherly role.
   • 1912, Edith M Phelps, Selected Articles on Government Ownership of the Telegraph:

     To paternalize the government or make it more bureaucratic is in their judgment to repress private enterprise and to imitate the monarchical systems...

2. control organizations, things etc. disregarding people's freedom and responsibility under guise and pretense of knowing what would be good and proper for them