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Familistic — Fam i*listic, Familistical Fam i*lis tic*al, a. Pertaining to Familists. Baxter. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
familistic — |famə|listik adjective Etymology: familist + ic : of, relating to, or based on a family or familism; specifically : based on the family as a primary unit such stories as those of … Joseph and his brethren, and the prodigal son had a direct… … Useful english dictionary
familistic — adjective see familism … New Collegiate Dictionary
familistic — fam·i·lis·tic … English syllables
Familistical — Familistic Fam i*listic, Familistical Fam i*lis tic*al, a. Pertaining to Familists. Baxter. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
familism — noun Date: 1925 a social pattern in which the family assumes a position of ascendance over individual interests • familistic adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
Paternalism — refers usually to an attitude or a policy stemming from the hierarchic pattern of a family based on patriarchy, that is, there is a figurehead (the father, pater in Latin) that makes decisions on behalf of others (the children ) for their own… … Wikipedia
Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn — Erik Maria Ritter von Kuehnelt Leddihn (July 31 1909 ndash;May 26 1999) was an Austrian Catholic aristocrat intellectual who described himself as an extreme conservative arch liberal. Kuehnelt Leddihn often argued that majority rule in… … Wikipedia
Family as a model for the state — The family as a model for the organization of the state is a theory of political philosophy. It either explains the structure of certain kinds of state in terms of the structure of the family (as a model or as a claim about the historical growth… … Wikipedia
familism — familist, n. familistic, adj. /fam euh liz euhm/, n. Sociol. the subordination of the personal interests and prerogatives of an individual to the values and demands of the family: Familism characterized the patriarchal family. [1635 45; FAMIL(Y)… … Universalium
