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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

At week's end Israeli voters were still recovering from the shock of the election; some were having second thoughts about ousting from power a party that was almost a father image to the country.

From Time Magazine Archive

Each is expected to be a father image to a five-man group of salesmen.

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

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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