refrigerator mother

English

Alternative forms

refrigerator mom

Noun

refrigerator mother (plural refrigerator mothers)

(dated, idiomatic, derogatory) An emotionally frigid mother, who does not exhibit normal care or love for her child or children.
- 1979 April 7, Helen Kohl, "The Strange Ones" Autism can be brought into our world," Montreal Gazette (Canada) (retrieved 18 Nov 2012):
  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.
- 2010, John W. Oller Jr and Stephen D. Oller, Autism: The Diagnosis, Treatment, & Etiology of the Undeniable Epidemic, →ISBN, p. 49:
  No present-day researcher takes the idea of the refrigerator mother as the cause of autism seriously.

Usage notes

Usually used in the context of the now discredited belief that the attitude and behavior of such mothers causes autism or schizophrenia in offspring.

References

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单词	refrigerator mother
释义	refrigerator mother English Alternative forms refrigerator mom Noun refrigerator mother (plural refrigerator mothers) (dated, idiomatic, derogatory) An emotionally frigid mother, who does not exhibit normal care or love for her child or children. 1979 April 7, Helen Kohl, "The Strange Ones" Autism can be brought into our world," Montreal Gazette (Canada) (retrieved 18 Nov 2012): 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. 2010, John W. Oller Jr and Stephen D. Oller, Autism: The Diagnosis, Treatment, & Etiology of the Undeniable Epidemic, →ISBN, p. 49: No present-day researcher takes the idea of the refrigerator mother as the cause of autism seriously. Usage notes Usually used in the context of the now discredited belief that the attitude and behavior of such mothers causes autism or schizophrenia in offspring. References refrigerator mom at OneLook Dictionary Search
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