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PATERNALISMS
Definition of PATERNALISMS
noun
plural of paternalism
noun
The treatment of people in a fatherly manner, especially by caring for them and sometimes being stern with them.
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Word DNA
PATERNALISMS inherits its ancestry from its root, PATERNAL.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,072)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PATERNAL · 7 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PATERNALISMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PATERNALISMS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEILMNPRSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and S appear more than once.
Words that start PATERNAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PATERNALISMS?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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