swaddling hypothesis

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A contentious theory, first proposed by Geoffrey Gorer, that purported the tight swaddling of Russian (and Eastern European) infants contributed to their supposed submissive and passively obedient nature and sudden emotional outbursts later in life, which made the rise of communist dictatorships in their countries possible. archaic,uncountable
    — Gorer's most provocative interpretations grow out of his "swaddling hypothesis" — his original theory that the Russian practice of tightly swaddling infants has certain lasting and pronounced emotional consequences.

词源

From swaddling + hypothesis.
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