overparent

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person or entity in a position of greater authority than a parent who takes on some aspect of the parental role or authority.
    — Slum children will be provided the assurance of this " overparent " as a guarantee against the underfed, vermin-infested children found in the London schools inspected at the outset of the century.
  2. The role of the state in caring for and nurturing its citizens.
    — To quote directly, not from his article in THE INDEPENDENT but from one published in the New York Herald on November 4th: “Socialism says boldly the State is the overparent, the outer-parent.
动词 v.
  1. To provide an excessive amount of parental attention and protection to one's children.
    — I think we have a tendency today to overparent, micromanage, and underappreciate our adolescents.

词形变化

overparents present,singular,third-person overparenting participle,present overparented participle,past overparented past overparents plural

词源

词源 1
From over- + parent.
词源 2
From over- + parent.
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