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father image

NOUN
father figure
Synonyms


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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

If Walter Cronkite is the father image of broadcast journalism and David Brinkley the cool analyst, Harry Reasoner of CBS is television's friendly next-door neighbor.

From Time Magazine Archive

They speculated that perhaps Jackie needs a "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

And we can go so far as to call this spiritual power a father image.

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




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