Overparent
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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."
- 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."
Example
More examples"I think we have a tendency today to overparent, micromanage, and underappreciate our adolescents."
Etymology
From over- + parent.
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