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paternalism

action limiting a person’s or group’s liberty or autonomy intended to promote their own good
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paternalism

Summary

paternalism has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • paternalism is a type of action[2].
  • paternalism is a type of social movement[3].
  • paternalism is a type of hierarchy[4].
  • paternalism's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[5].
  • paternalism's described by source is recorded as Lean Logic[6].
  • paternalism's studied by is recorded as social philosophy[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include action[2], social movement[3], and hierarchy[4].

Why It Matters

paternalism has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] paternalism is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

Related Entities

Lean Logic

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mississippi encyclopedia id → paternalism
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P7688]]: paternalism, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/83598331|Paternalism (#83598331)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3019|Mississippi Encycl"
  2. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2323683
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → action, social movement, hierarchy
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007529537505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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