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father figure

NOUN
  1. a man who takes over all the functions of the real father

How To Use father figure In A Sentence

  • Toilet training gets mucked with in adolescence leading to public toilet fixation and George Michael style Father Figure psychological transference problems. Think Progress » CNN’s Kyra Phillips apologizes for hosting discredited ‘ex-gay’ guest: He wasn’t an ‘appropriate’ choice.
  • In his sensitive analysis of the cases of thirty victims of (nonclerical) pedophilia, Michel Dorais notes that most cases of sexual assault in his study are by fathers or father figures (stepfathers, uncles, older brothers, or cousins). Scandal
  • It would be wrong to either rush to condemn the incumbent for increasing our visibility as a target, or to nestle in the comforting bosom of a father figure.
  • She wasn't aware of missing a father figure, although her stepfather later became an important part of her life.
  • His mum was a single mother who had a succession of boyfriends, none of whom were able to act as a father figure to him or his sister Denise.
  • Some of his students regard him as a father figure.
  • They are resilient, honorable, loyal and unabashedly in love with their fighters, often serving as devoted father figures.
  • The film revolves around a prodigal father figure, Royal Tenenbaum, played by Gene Hackman auditioning for the Oscars.
  • She had relied too much on being rescued by a father figure. YELLOW BIRD
  • He recognised the futility of trying to impose Western ideas about fitness and fielding, preferring instead to act as a discreet sounding board and a father figure. Times, Sunday Times
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