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paternal adjective

  /pəˈtɜː(ɹ)nəl/
  • Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family.
  • Received or inherited from one's father.
isänpuoleinen
  • Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.
isällinen, isän tekemä
  • Acting as a father.
isän tekemä

paternity

isyys

paternalism noun

  /pəˈtɝnəlɪzəm/
  • The treatment of people in a fatherly manner, especially by caring for them and sometimes being stern with them.
  • The guiding of people in a manner that limits their autonomy in the name of their own well-being.
isällisyys
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