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paternalistic

/pətəːn(ə)ˈlɪstɪk/

US pronunciation
American sound/pətəːn(ə)ˈlɪstɪk/
pətəːnəˈlɪstɪk
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5 syllables
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4th syllable stress
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pətəːnə - ˈlɪstɪk -> paternalistic

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ဖခင်အသွင်အုပ်ချုပ်ရေးဝါဒဆန်သော၊ကျင့်သုံးသော။

Full entry

paternalism /pǝ'tɜ:nǝlÇzǝm/ n [U] (sometimes derog )

(အစိုးရ၊ လုပ်ငန်းရှင်အချို့၏) ဖခင်အသွင် အုပ်ချုပ်သော (လိုအပ်ချက်များကို ဖြည့်ဆည်းပေး သော်လည်း တာဝန်နှင့် ရွေးချယ် ပိုင်ခွင့် မပေး သော)ဝါဒ။
❏ paternalistic /pǝtɜ:nǝ'lÇstÇk/ adj ဖခင်အသွင် အုပ်ချုပ်ရေး ဝါဒဆန်သော၊ ကျင့်သုံးသော။ paternalistic attitudes/employers.

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  • Paternalistic attitudes
Synonyms
authoritarianism, condescendence, condescension, control, interventionism, overprotectiveness, protectiveness
Antonyms
friendly, humble
Cross references
authoritarianismcondescendencecondescensioncontrolinterventionismoverprotectivenessprotectivenessfriendlyhumble
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