Paternalistic and Patronising

Paternalistic adjective - Benevolent but sometimes intrusive.

Patronising and paternalistic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Patronising" instead an adjective "Paternalistic".

Nearby Words: paternal, paternalist, paternalism, paternally

Patronising adjective - (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension.

Paternalistic and patronising are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Paternalistic" with "Patronising", this adjectives are similar.

Nearby Words: patronize, patronise, patronizing, patronised