paternalist
noun [ C ] politics usually disapproving uk/pəˈtɜː.nə.lɪst/ us/pəˈtɝː.nə.lɪst/
实行家长式统治的人;家长主义者
someone in authority who thinks or behaves in a way that results in them making decisions for other people rather than letting them take responsibility for their own lives
He was a paternalist who ruled wisely. 他是一位明智型的家长式统治者。
They had a sincere, albeit paternalist, interest in Aboriginal welfare. 他们对原住民的福利有着真诚的兴趣，尽管是家长式的。
See: paternalism
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- He was a paternalist, providing his workforce with welfare services and housing.
- He was a benevolent paternalist, protecting the masses from themselves.
- His attitude to labour was that of an early nineteenth-century Tory paternalist.