parentalismn.
/pəˈrɛntəlɪz(ə)m/, /pəˈrɛntl̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /pəˈrɛn(t)lˌɪz(ə)m/ The character or quality of being a parent.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > parenthood > [noun] > character or quality
parentalism1855
1855 A. J. Davis Great Harmonia IV. 385 Justifying marriages among mankind as quick as the organic systems of the sexes are qualified for and inclined toward parentalism and maternity.
1878 W. L. Blackley in 19th Cent. Nov. 838 What some folk sneer at under the name of ‘parentalism’.
1923 Daily Mail 4 Oct. 7/2 The parentalism of our laws, with their mixture of foolish prohibitions and foolish laxities.
1991 Family Pract. 8 380/2 We professionals, we experts, are we not entitled to employ assertiveness? (Parentalism, benign despotism, call it what you will).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1855