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father hunger

father hunger noun: the longing felt by (especially young) men for approbation from a father, or father figure.

Noun

father hunger (uncountable)

  1. The longing felt by (especially young) men for approbation from a father, or father figure.
    • Father hunger appears to be a crucial motivational variable in matters as diverse as caretaking, sexual orientation, moral development, and achievement level.1990, Reuben Fine, The History of Psychoanalysis, expanded edition, page 630
    • Father hunger is the deep, but often unconscious, longing young men, and even older men, have for affirmation from male authority figures.2006, Christopher P. Mason, Crossing into Manhood, page 118

Questions about father hunger

What does father hunger mean?
Father hunger means the longing felt by (especially young) men for approbation from a father, or father figure.
What part of speech is father hunger?
Father hunger is a noun.

Words near father hunger in the dictionary

  1. father confessor
  2. Father Emir
  3. father figure
  4. father figures
  5. Father Frost
  6. father hunger
  7. father in law
  8. father lasher
  9. father lashers
  10. father longlegs
  11. Father of all Bombs

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