paternalistic

1. 1.

   benevolent but sometimes intrusive

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Questions about paternalistic

What does paternalistic mean?

paternalistic means "benevolent but sometimes intrusive".

How many syllables are in paternalistic?

paternalistic has 5 syllables: pa-ter-na-lis-tic. The stress falls on "lis". In IPA it is /pəˌtɝnəˈlɪstɪk/.

Is paternalistic a common word?

paternalistic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with paternalistic?

24 words rhyme with paternalistic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.