Sentence examples for paternalistic gesture from inspiring English sources

The splendour of the camps' design is sometimes dismissed as a paternalistic gesture to keep the masses in their place.

That would be paternalistic.

And yes, it's paternalistic.

"That's paternalistic and condescending.

"These environmentalists are paternalistic," he said.

But a nudge is also paternalistic.

Will such a paternalistic city work well?

By definition, paternalistic policy is not libertarian.

Yet this approach is paternalistic and wrong.

The tone, Justice Blackmun felt, was "paternalistic".

But no one wants paternalistic news.