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father image

NOUN
father figure
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At 65, Chairman-Mao Tse-tung is at once China's emperor, pope and father image.

From Time Magazine Archive

The father image has been supplanted by the skilled technician whose head is far more important than his heart.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many habitual debtors prefer to extricate themselves with the aid of one of the credit society's important specialists, the financial counselor, who is part psychologist, part father image and part accountant.

From Time Magazine Archive

Marx isn't very highly regarded as a thinker," Chiaramonte says, "but as a father image he is very much present.

From Time Magazine Archive

For several reasons the father image is peculiarly suited to represent what has to be resolved.

From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Jelliffe, Smith Ely




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