Paternal
adjective
Related to a father.
She inherited her blond hair from her paternal grandfather.
Often appears as...
- paternal figure
- paternal instinct
adjective
Thinking or behaving like a good father.
He patted my head with a paternal smile.
Often appears as...
- paternal care
- paternal affection
adjective
Concerning the side of your family that is connected through your father.
We're visiting our paternal relatives this summer.
Often appears as...
- paternal grandmother
- paternal lineage
adjective
Belonging to the side of someone's family that comes from their father.
Do you know your paternal ancestors?
Often appears as...
- paternal ancestors
- paternal heritage
adjective
Related to a father.
She inherited her blond hair from her paternal grandfather.
Often appears as...
- paternal figure
- paternal instinct
adjective
Thinking or behaving like a good father.
He patted my head with a paternal smile.
Often appears as...
- paternal care
- paternal affection
adjective
Concerning the side of your family that is connected through your father.
We're visiting our paternal relatives this summer.
Often appears as...
- paternal grandmother
- paternal lineage
adjective
Belonging to the side of someone's family that comes from their father.
Do you know your paternal ancestors?
Often appears as...
- paternal ancestors
- paternal heritage
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Inheritance Attribute
Use 'paternal' to highlight traits or items inherited from the father's side of the family.
The paternal coat of arms passed down to him.
Pro Tip 2/2Fatherly Guidance
'Paternal' implies guidance or leadership like that of a father's role.
His teacher took a paternal interest in his progress.
Pro Tip 1/2Inheritance Attribute
Use 'paternal' to highlight traits or items inherited from the father's side of the family.
The paternal coat of arms passed down to him.
Pro Tip 2/2Fatherly Guidance
'Paternal' implies guidance or leadership like that of a father's role.
His teacher took a paternal interest in his progress.
Pro Tip 1/2Inheritance Attribute
Use 'paternal' to highlight traits or items inherited from the father's side of the family.
The paternal coat of arms passed down to him.
Pro Tip 2/2Fatherly Guidance
'Paternal' implies guidance or leadership like that of a father's role.
His teacher took a paternal interest in his progress.
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Kids Take Action Against...
way up the ocean food chain is all my mother's food and they get not only the styrofoam from their bodies like chemicals that have been absorbed onto it we do suspect that have a styrofoam the paternal follows plastic it can get caught in the intestines that can block foods that can cause the turtle starve
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Autism — what we know...
In fact, there's probably not one single answer. Just as autism is a spectrum, there's a spectrum of etiologies, a spectrum of causes. Based on epidemiological data, we know that one of the causes, or one of the associations, I should say, is advanced paternal age,
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Safari Live - Day 356 PIPE...
are larger than the male look I mean this is a theory and I'm not a hundred percent sure I buy it but the idea is that the maternal instinct is stronger than the paternal instinct and that nature and its way has made the female birds bigger to protect their chicks
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Secrets of the X...
Almost none of its genes order proteins to be made. When these early cells divide, each passes on its X inactivation. So some clusters of cells express the maternal X chromosome, while others express the paternal X. If these chromosomes carry different traits,
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I am here to confuse you...
women and actually want to have this conversation I come from a long line of strong women my paternal grandmother was a teacher a furious smoker a fast Walker and a supporter of a soccer team that most of her children detested my
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The Real Amazons PIPE...
are still at work analyzing the young warrior girl but this time they're not just looking into the girl's paternal lineage they're looking for details about her mom's side too because otherwise they'd only have half the story
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Leymah Gbowee: Unlock...
and said, "Leymah, I have a nine-year-old for you. I want you to bring her home because we don't have safe homes." The story of this little She had been raped by her paternal grandfather every day for six months.
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See What Canyon Life Is...
Chelly that first I was really negative about Navajo tradition because I grew up in the church my paternal grandfather was a preacher but my maternal grandfather said to me US natives after
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Dalia Mogahed: The...
have very high expectations of the government. They're just victims of a long-time autocracy, expecting a paternal state to solve all their problems. But this conclusion would ignore
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Unlock the intelligence,...
paternal grandfather every day for six months she came to me bloated very pill every night I come from working lie on a cold floor she lies beside me and said
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Kids Take Action Against...
way up the ocean food chain is all my mother's food and they get not only the styrofoam from their bodies like chemicals that have been absorbed onto it we do suspect that have a styrofoam the paternal follows plastic it can get caught in the intestines that can block foods that can cause the turtle starve
Video examples
Autism — what we know...
In fact, there's probably not one single answer. Just as autism is a spectrum, there's a spectrum of etiologies, a spectrum of causes. Based on epidemiological data, we know that one of the causes, or one of the associations, I should say, is advanced paternal age,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 356 PIPE...
are larger than the male look I mean this is a theory and I'm not a hundred percent sure I buy it but the idea is that the maternal instinct is stronger than the paternal instinct and that nature and its way has made the female birds bigger to protect their chicks
Video examples
Secrets of the X...
Almost none of its genes order proteins to be made. When these early cells divide, each passes on its X inactivation. So some clusters of cells express the maternal X chromosome, while others express the paternal X. If these chromosomes carry different traits,
Video examples
I am here to confuse you...
women and actually want to have this conversation I come from a long line of strong women my paternal grandmother was a teacher a furious smoker a fast Walker and a supporter of a soccer team that most of her children detested my
Video examples
The Real Amazons PIPE...
are still at work analyzing the young warrior girl but this time they're not just looking into the girl's paternal lineage they're looking for details about her mom's side too because otherwise they'd only have half the story
Video examples
Leymah Gbowee: Unlock...
and said, "Leymah, I have a nine-year-old for you. I want you to bring her home because we don't have safe homes." The story of this little She had been raped by her paternal grandfather every day for six months.
Video examples
See What Canyon Life Is...
Chelly that first I was really negative about Navajo tradition because I grew up in the church my paternal grandfather was a preacher but my maternal grandfather said to me US natives after
Video examples
Dalia Mogahed: The...
have very high expectations of the government. They're just victims of a long-time autocracy, expecting a paternal state to solve all their problems. But this conclusion would ignore
Video examples
Unlock the intelligence,...
paternal grandfather every day for six months she came to me bloated very pill every night I come from working lie on a cold floor she lies beside me and said
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Jane Ridley
English Historian
To most of us, adulthood means being able to earn a living, possess a home, get married and rear children, and this implies having autonomy or control over one's life. In the 19th century, becoming an adult was celebrated as a liberation from paternal authority. Today we regard it more as a time of regret and stagnation.
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Monica Bellucci
Italian Actress
For me, true beauty has nothing to do with wrinkles and everything to do with the fact that my maternal grandmother raised five children just after the war and remained a fighter throughout her life. True beauty is the slick of red lipstick my paternal grandmother would put on before going to church on Sunday.
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Sarah Jeong
American Journalist
A cashless society promises a world of limitation, control, and surveillance - all of which the poorest Americans already have in abundance, of course. For the most vulnerable, the cashless society offers nothing substantively new; it only extends the reach of the existing paternal bureaucratic state.
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Cass Sunstein
American Lawyer
One of the things 'Star Wars' is most deeply about is fathers, sons, and redemption. In its own way, it points to the indispensability of paternal love, and it has a lot to say about the lengths to which people - boys or girls - will go to get it.
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Ed O'Neill
American Actor
My paternal grandfather worked in the mill all his life. My father worked in the mill almost his whole life. I worked in the mill while I was going to college in the summers. And then, for one stretch, I quit school and worked one year.
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Ishaan Khatter
Indian Actor
Shahid is a paternal figure to me. He's almost like a teacher. All my life, I've learned so much by watching him. I can't possibly consider him as competition to me. In fact, I would say, we're a team.
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Tony Danza
American Actor
I did Vibe, and I felt old and paternal. I've got ties older than people in that audience. I had a talk with myself. I said, You've got to deal with this better.
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Donald Trump, Jr.
American Businessman
My father is a very hardworking guy, and that's his focus in life, so I got a lot of the paternal attention that a boy wants and needs from my grandfather.
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Rivers Cuomo
American Musician
Cat Stevens' music, voice, and energy made me feel so secure. He sounded different from some of the paternal figures in my life, so gentle and kind.
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Elizabeth Rodriguez
American Actress
I grew up in a broken home, working class. My paternal grandmother raised me and my brother; my father was with us, and my mother lived in Jersey.
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Jane Ridley
English Historian
To most of us, adulthood means being able to earn a living, possess a home, get married and rear children, and this implies having autonomy or control over one's life. In the 19th century, becoming an adult was celebrated as a liberation from paternal authority. Today we regard it more as a time of regret and stagnation.
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Monica Bellucci
Italian Actress
For me, true beauty has nothing to do with wrinkles and everything to do with the fact that my maternal grandmother raised five children just after the war and remained a fighter throughout her life. True beauty is the slick of red lipstick my paternal grandmother would put on before going to church on Sunday.
Quote examples
Sarah Jeong
American Journalist
A cashless society promises a world of limitation, control, and surveillance - all of which the poorest Americans already have in abundance, of course. For the most vulnerable, the cashless society offers nothing substantively new; it only extends the reach of the existing paternal bureaucratic state.
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Cass Sunstein
American Lawyer
One of the things 'Star Wars' is most deeply about is fathers, sons, and redemption. In its own way, it points to the indispensability of paternal love, and it has a lot to say about the lengths to which people - boys or girls - will go to get it.
Quote examples
Ed O'Neill
American Actor
My paternal grandfather worked in the mill all his life. My father worked in the mill almost his whole life. I worked in the mill while I was going to college in the summers. And then, for one stretch, I quit school and worked one year.
Quote examples
Ishaan Khatter
Indian Actor
Shahid is a paternal figure to me. He's almost like a teacher. All my life, I've learned so much by watching him. I can't possibly consider him as competition to me. In fact, I would say, we're a team.
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Tony Danza
American Actor
I did Vibe, and I felt old and paternal. I've got ties older than people in that audience. I had a talk with myself. I said, You've got to deal with this better.
Quote examples
Donald Trump, Jr.
American Businessman
My father is a very hardworking guy, and that's his focus in life, so I got a lot of the paternal attention that a boy wants and needs from my grandfather.
Quote examples
Rivers Cuomo
American Musician
Cat Stevens' music, voice, and energy made me feel so secure. He sounded different from some of the paternal figures in my life, so gentle and kind.
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Elizabeth Rodriguez
American Actress
I grew up in a broken home, working class. My paternal grandmother raised me and my brother; my father was with us, and my mother lived in Jersey.
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