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father image

NOUN

father figure

Synonyms

WEAK

father surrogate substitute surrogate

Example Sentences

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They speculated that perhaps Jackie needs a "father image."

From Time Magazine Archive

Or is he a "father image," a stand-in for a rough guy's notion of God?

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Sublimated hatred of the father image is brotherly love.

From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various