father image

NOUN

father figure

Synonyms

WEAK

father surrogate substitute surrogate

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

Sublimated hatred of the father image is brotherly love.

From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various