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refrigerator mother

refrigerator mother noun: an emotionally frigid mother, who does not exhibit normal care or love for her child or children.

Noun

refrigerator mother (plural refrigerator mothers)

  1. (dated, derogatory, idiomatic) An emotionally frigid mother, who does not exhibit normal care or love for her child or children.
    • It was not until 1943 that Dr. Leo Kanner, an American pschiatrist, first diagnosed the syndrome in 11 children. . . . Kanner and others once postulated that these children were the products of "refrigerator mothers," women who are overly cold and intellectual.1979 April 7, Helen Kohl, “The Strange Ones" Autism can be brought into our world”, in Montreal Gazette, Canada, retrieved 18 Nov 2012
    • No present-day researcher takes the idea of the refrigerator mother as the cause of autism seriously.2010, John W. Oller Jr, Stephen D. Oller, Autism: The Diagnosis, Treatment, & Etiology of the Undeniable Epidemic, →ISBN, page 49

refrigerator mother meaning in Bengali

refrigerator mother in Bengali

একজন আবেগহীন মা

Forms of refrigerator mother

pluralrefrigerator mothers
alternative formrefrigerator mom

Questions about refrigerator mother

What does refrigerator mother mean?
Refrigerator mother means an emotionally frigid mother, who does not exhibit normal care or love for her child or children.
What is refrigerator mother in Bengali?
Refrigerator mother in Bengali is একজন আবেগহীন মা. See Refrigerator mother meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is refrigerator mother?
Refrigerator mother is a noun.
What is the plural of refrigerator mother?
The plural of refrigerator mother is refrigerator mothers.

Words near refrigerator mother in the dictionary

  1. refrigerator
  2. refrigerator magnet
  3. refrigerator magnets
  4. refrigerator mom
  5. refrigerator moms
  6. refrigerator mother
  7. refrigerator mothers
  8. refrigerator pie
  9. refrigerator pies
  10. refrigerator truck
  11. refrigerator trucks

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