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has gloss | (noun) a man who takes over all the functions of the real father father figure, father surrogate |
has gloss | eng: A father figure is usually an older man, often one in a position of power or influence, who arouses emotions usually felt for a person's father, and with whom a person identifies psychologically. Several studies have suggested that positive father figures, whether biological fathers or others, are generally associated with healthy child development. |
lexicalization | eng: Father Figure |
lexicalization | eng: father surrogate |
lexicalization | eng: Father-figure |
subclass of | (noun) an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus" man, adult male |
has subclass | (noun) a man who is a foster parent foster-father, foster father |
has subclass | (noun) the husband of your mother by a subsequent marriage stepfather |
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lexicalization | deu: Vaterfigur |
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lexicalization | fin: isähahmo |
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similar | e/Father figure |
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