Words similar to nanny-state

Example sentences for: nanny-state

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But even the judge approved only the most overt nanny-state measures requested by the FDA, acknowledging the agency's power grab by rejecting the proposals that don't directly deter teen smoking.
This is not the nanny-state, this is the daddy-state and it's another cockup, said Teresa Gorman, the Eurosceptic Tory MP, last week.
And no, I don't think nanny-state leftism is going to make a big American comeback soon, either, at least not absent a depression.