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Paternalizing: disregarding people's freedom and responsibility under guise and pretense of knowing what would be good and proper for them. http://en.wiktionar
by byoung2 16y ago
Paternalizing: disregarding people's freedom and responsibility under guise and pretense of knowing what would be good and proper for them.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/paternalize http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/paternalize
Patronizing: Treat as inferior unduly, talk down to, treat condescendingly.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/patronize http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/patronize
- jacquesm 16y agoFrom that first link: > to place in a fatherly role. That's what I had in mind. Specifically this bit: "Please spell people. This is not SMS!" Which (of course) also contains a grammar error.
- byoung2 16y agoto place in a fatherly role That's still the incorrect use of the word, and I don't care if I get downvoted again. Paternalizing refers to the act of treating someone like a father (e.g. "After the death of his father, Bobby grew to paternalize his older brother").
- jacquesm 16y agoAh, I get you now, so it's the reverse, someone is not paternalizing when they treat you as though they are your father ,but you are paternalizing if you treat someone as though they are your father, is that what you're saying?
- hga 16y agoThe idiomatic usage you want here is "paternalistic", e.g. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/paternalistic http://www.thefreedictionary.com/paternalistic That said, when you used "paternalizing" what you meant was crystal clear to me.