paternalism vs mental attitude

paternalism and mental attitude both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
paternalism	Yes	No	No	No
mental attitude	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mental attitude is a hypernym of paternalism; that is, mental attitude is a word with a broader meaning than paternalism:

paternalism: the attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good
mental attitude: a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways

Other hypernyms of paternalism include attitude.

paternalism (noun)	mental attitude (noun)
the attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good	a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways