maternalistic

Just ask your paternalistic (or is it 'maternalistic'?) government for what you want and they'll play Robin Hood in order to get it for you.

Rudy Brushes Off Talk Of Third-Party Challenge From Right 2009

Does the full spectrum of "maternalistic" values actually correspond to progressive values any more or less than the full spectrum of "paternalistic" values?

BlueOregon 2009

I'm utterly sick of the maternalistic attitude that still clings to the video game industry.

Doug Lieblich: Let Go of My Controller: The Maternalistic Attitude to Video Games Doug Lieblich 2010

I'm utterly sick of the maternalistic attitude that still clings to the video game industry.

Doug Lieblich: Let Go of My Controller: The Maternalistic Attitude to Video Games Doug Lieblich 2010

You have a much more paternalistic (maternalistic?) perspective than I do.

The Volokh Conspiracy » A Crime to Repeatedly Insult a Minor 2010

You have a much more paternalistic maternalistic? perspective than I do.

The Volokh Conspiracy » A Crime to Repeatedly Insult a Minor 2010

Thanks to Curly's Corner Shop we can read that: I am just about heartily sick and tired of the “nanny state” that we are living in, the regulation, the overbearing health and safety rules, the maternalistic approach to risk, the fear of the compensation claim etc., etc., etc.

The importance of hygiene Not a sheep 2008

Thanks to Curly's Corner Shop we can read that: I am just about heartily sick and tired of the “nanny state” that we are living in, the regulation, the overbearing health and safety rules, the maternalistic approach to risk, the fear of the compensation claim etc., etc., etc.

Archive 2008-06-01 Not a sheep 2008

But for a supposed servant of the people to use such a metaphor to refer to a bill that affects us all in such important ways is outrageously and offensively paternalistic or should I say “maternalistic?” and flies in the face of what the relationship between the citizens and Congress in this country is meant to be.

HCR: Pelosi tells the simple-minded American people not to worry our pretty little heads about it 2010

Mark, why do you have this maternalistic sense about Israel?

Obama: McCain 'obsessed' with Ahmadinajad 2008