You can't keep mollycoddling your child or they could come out pathetic.
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Mollycoddling
Synonyms for "mollycoddling" (20 found)
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More general
14 entriesadministrative approachadministrative practiceattitudebehaviorbehavior patterncareeducation policyindulgenceoverprotectionparenting stylepolicy makingpolicy orientationprotectionprotective trait
More specific
12 entrieschild pamperinglenient disciplineoverindulgenceoverprotective parentingoverprotective teachingpamperingprotective indulgenceprotective parentingprotective policyrisk averse policysoft governancesoft grading
Collocations
10 entriesexcessive mollycoddlingmollycoddling approachmollycoddling attitudemollycoddling behaviormollycoddling culturemollycoddling of studentsmollycoddling policiesmollycoddling policymollycoddling rhetoricmollycoddling tendencies
Inflections
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4 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Such prissy mollycoddlings of audience expectations were shortly to come under heavyweight siege from a variety of filmmakers in the 1950s – not least the aforementioned Otto Preminger.
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