PATERNALISMS Antonyms
Definition of PATERNALISMS
Best Opposite Words For PATERNALISMS
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| autonomy | nounn | |||||||
noun • immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence • personal independence | ||||||||
| democracy | nounn | |||||||
noun • the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives • a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them • the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group | ||||||||
| freedom | nounn | |||||||
noun • the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints • immunity from an obligation or duty | ||||||||
| independence | nounn | |||||||
noun • a city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail • freedom from control or influence of another or others • the successful ending of the American Revolution | ||||||||
| noninterference | nounn | |||||||
noun • a foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes | ||||||||
| nonintervention | nounn | |||||||
noun • a foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes | ||||||||
| self-determination | nounn | |||||||
noun • government of a political unit by its own people • determination of one's own fate or course of action without compulsion | ||||||||
| self-rule | nounn | |||||||
noun • government of a political unit by its own people | ||||||||
