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avuncularism

noun

Etymology

From avuncular + -ism.

  1. derived from avunculus
  2. suffixed as avuncularism — “avuncular + ism”

Definitions

  1. An avuncular attitude.

    • Their heavy paternalism was in some ways a better thing than the slapdash, half-bogus fraternalism of the French, or the priggish avuncularism of the British.

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