Oct 3, 2011 18:24
12 yrs ago
Russian term

патернализация

Russian to English Social Sciences Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
именно в этой области культурной политики заметны элементы патернализации
Proposed translations (English)
3 +3 patronization
3 +4 paternalization

Proposed translations

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patronization

Based on this definition: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:hWffKOAysf0J:www....

Патернализация – от лат. «pater»: «отец»; как бы «отеческие», «старшего с младшим» покровительские отношения более «сильного» с более «слабым», более развитого с менее развитым (напр., государства с государством).
Peer comment(s):

agree GaryG : Or "a patronizing attitude", to use a more common form of the word
2 mins
That works, thanks Gary.
agree The Misha : or paternalism
6 mins
Thanks, Misha.
agree cyhul
8 hrs
Thank you.
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paternalization

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/paternalize
paternalize (

1. (transitive) To make paternal; to place in a fatherly role.  [quotations ▼]
* 1912, Edith M Phelps, Selected Articles on Government Ownership of the Telegraph

To paternalize the government or make it more bureaucratic is in their judgment to repress private enterprise and to imitate the monarchical systems...

2. control organizations, things etc. disregarding people's freedom and responsibility under guise and pretense of knowing what would be good and proper for them
Peer comment(s):

agree Theodora OB
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agree MariyaN (X)
2 hrs
agree Ravindra Godbole
6 hrs
agree Keren Applebaum
1 day 2 hrs
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