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father image

NOUN
father figure
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Jones emphasized that the king is the father image and that its most savage attacker is the queen of the opposite color.

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

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

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

The competition with the father image must take a new form.

From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various


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