Sentence examples for or paternalistic from inspiring English sources

That idea, he said, "is potentially very colonial or paternalistic".

Liberal or conservative, libertarian or paternalistic, doveish or hawkish, it has never been clear.

But this can no longer be considered a form of social engineering, or paternalistic altruism.

"The whole category has been very euphemistic, or paternalistic even, and we're saying, enough with the euphemisms, and get over it.

The generals usually come off as aggressive and uncommunicative or paternalistic and out of touch, but Shafik, who has a penchant for wearing casual pullovers, speaks with the smooth, frank demeanor of an easygoing technocrat.

"I don't think our relationship would work if I acted like his dad," Gilbert told me later, adding that he is careful not to come off as too demanding or paternalistic, even when Roddick drives him crazy.

It remains debatable whether or not the criteria, as applied in our programme, were the right ones or, arguably, were perhaps too strict, or even paternalistic.

Like all women with some public profile, whenever I appear on television, or publish an article, or take to Twitter, I am hounded by idiots making sexist, derogatory or plainly paternalistic comments about my appearance, my qualifications, my opinions or my last name (too easy, boys), book-ended by other churlish nonsense.

I have no desire to return to the stifling prohibitions of the Victorian age, or the paternalistic protections of the Progressive Era.

"We still visit all of our sins upon our children," he says, and his diatribe is meant to remind viewers of the dangers of cloning, colonialism or any paternalistic form of arming future enemies.

When a patient is decisionally impaired or incapacitated, ethical dilemmas concerning medical decision-making arise: Should the patient be included in decision-making in a limited way, to the best of her abilities, or should paternalistic decision-making take over?