Synonyms of the word 
PATERNALISTIC → PATERNAL
paternalistic
- adj. the quality of being paternal, i.e. like a father, e.g. characterized by behaving in benevolent and yet…
- adj. of, pertaining to, characteristic of or practicing paternalism.
paternal
- adj. Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family.
- adj. Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.
- adj. Received or inherited from one's father.
- adj. Acting as a father.
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