Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
person with an idealised view of e.g. their children
English answer:
doting
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Tony M
Jun 4, 2006 17:03
18 yrs ago
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I´m not sure how to define a parent who always thinks his son/daughter is tops, that he´s always right, etc. He´s being totally irreal.
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doting
Is the word I've always been familiar with to mean exactly this.
Here's a clip from OED:
"dote
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3 Be infatuated; have or show excessive affection. (Foll. by on, upon)"
Here's a clip from OED:
"dote
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3 Be infatuated; have or show excessive affection. (Foll. by on, upon)"
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Peter Shortall
: Ah, yes - very apt!
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Thanks, Peter! You see, I'm not quite in my 'dotage' yet! ;-)
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Nesrin
: That's actually the word I was looking for when I suggested "adulating"!
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Thanks, Nesrin! I hate it when that happens: you know the word, it's on the tip fo your tongue, but somehow, doesn't quite come...
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NancyLynn
: quite
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Thanks, Nancy!
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LJC (X)
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Thanks, Lesley!
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Leny Vargas
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Thanks, Lenybee!
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Alison Jenner
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Thanks, Alison!
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English term (edited):
parent who always thinks his son/daughter is tops
arrogant, conceited, living in a dream world
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Peter Shortall
: Blinded by filial affection, complacent, the child can do no wrong in their eyes... doesn't sound like my parents at all!
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adulating?
I'm not sure there's a word specifically to describe that sort of parent, but "adulating" might work.
adulate:
To praise or admire excessively; fawn on.
To compliment excessively and ingratiatingly: blandish, butter up, flatter, honey, slaver. Informal soft-soap, sweet-talk. See praise/blame.
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Note added at 10 mins (2006-06-04 17:13:48 GMT)
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He was raised to be adulated. His parents risked their house to buy Jerry Lee an upright pian o when he was 10. His mother, revelling in his sight, ...
www.talentondisplay.com/TakeNote/099.html
. the program chronicles the celebratory excesses of 15-year-old girls (and boys) who persuade their parents to shower them with adulation and automobiles ...
www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/05/19/puttin_on_the_ditz/ind...
adulate:
To praise or admire excessively; fawn on.
To compliment excessively and ingratiatingly: blandish, butter up, flatter, honey, slaver. Informal soft-soap, sweet-talk. See praise/blame.
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Note added at 10 mins (2006-06-04 17:13:48 GMT)
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He was raised to be adulated. His parents risked their house to buy Jerry Lee an upright pian o when he was 10. His mother, revelling in his sight, ...
www.talentondisplay.com/TakeNote/099.html
. the program chronicles the celebratory excesses of 15-year-old girls (and boys) who persuade their parents to shower them with adulation and automobiles ...
www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/05/19/puttin_on_the_ditz/ind...
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Suzan Hamer
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Fussy editing for fussy people.
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naive, blind to reality, blind to his child's faults or weakness (in this context AND doting
Since you said the parent is totally unreal, I think naive or blind to reality might work.
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