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pa.ter.nal.ismHpE5tV:7nE7lI7z[m, $-5tV:r-n [U]usually disapproving an attitude of people in authority which results in them making decisions for other people which are often beneficial but which prevent those people from taking responsibility for their own lives家长式统治,家长作风The company's paternalism extends to medical, dental and hairdressing facilities for its employees.这家公司的家长式管理扩展到包揽雇员的医疗、牙齿、美发设施。The decision to restrict reproductive rights marks a return to the days of paternalism, when the state told women how to run their lives.这个限制生殖权的决定标志着社会又回到了家长式统治的时代,那时候国家告诉妇女该怎样过她们的日子。
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