Meaning of grandmotherism | Babel Free

Definitions

grandmotherly behaviour; mild or weak authoritarianism

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Examples

“[…] but I hold that strong evils require strong measures to suppress them, and there is no reason why professional etiquette should be another name for grandmotherism.”

“Bureaucracy begins as well-meaning grandmotherism and ends as tyranny.”

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