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belonging to or inherited from one's father; "spent his childhood on the paternal farm"; "paternal traits" characteristic of a father parental: relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent; "parental guidance" agnate: related on the father's side; "a paternal aunt"
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| paternalism |
the attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good
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A father is the male parent of a child. Fathers may be categorised according to their biological, social or legal relationship with the child. Historically, the biological relationship paternity has been determinative of fatherhood. However, proof of paternity has been intrinsically problematic and so social rules often determined who would be regarded as a father e.g. the husband of the mother. This method of the determination of fatherhood has persisted since Roman times. ...
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| paternalism |
A method of medical or administrative practice in which the values of the practitioner or administrator are imposed upon the person most affected by the decisions to be made, without adequately heeding that person
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| paternalism |
a "parental" relationship of the government of a country over its aboriginal citizens by which the government makes most essential decisions on their behalf
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