Definition of "maternalistic" []

• Showing maternal instincts; behaving as a mother should; motherly. (adjective)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

• "Just ask your paternalistic (or is it 'maternalistic'?) government for what you want and they'll play Robin Hood in order to get it for you."
• "Does the full spectrum of "maternalistic" values actually correspond to progressive values any more or less than the full spectrum of "paternalistic" values?"
• "You have a much more paternalistic (maternalistic?) perspective than I do."