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单词 ferberize
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Ferberizev.

Brit. /ˈfəːbərʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈfərbəˌraɪz/
Forms: 1900s– Ferberise, 1900s– Ferberize. Also with lower-case initial.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Ferber , -ize suffix.
Etymology: < the name of Richard Ferber (see Ferber n.) + -ize suffix.
Originally and chiefly U.S.
transitive. To use the Ferber method or a similar technique to train (a child) to fall asleep independently. Also intransitive. Cf. Ferber n.
ΚΠ
1990 Re: Baby Questions (Circumcision Again!) in misc.kids (Usenet newsgroup) 25 Sept. We resolved to Ferberize him.
1992 Parents July 70/3 ‘It was obvious to my wife and me that we were creating a sleep problem.’.. Their solution? Ferberize.
1998 Patriot Ledger (Quincy, Mass.) (Nexis) 29 Dec. 15 McGillicuddy talked about her experience with ‘ferberizing’ Alyssa.
1999 New Yorker 29 Nov. 12/2 I finally broke down and Ferberized her at eleven months.
2007 Best Life May 39 It's not easy to sit still while your toddler cries in the next room. But that's what my wife insisted we do. It was time, she said, for our Grace to be Ferberized.

Derivatives

ˈFerberizing n.
ΚΠ
1991 Re: Recent 20/20 Show in misc.kids (Usenet newsgroup) 30 May Comments about 20/20 broadcast and Ferberizing deleted.
2002 U.S. News & World Rep. 9 Sept. 58/3Ferberizing’..is a successful technique, according to an independent study published this spring.
2009 Canberra Times (Nexis) 4 Aug. 6 Essentially, Ferberising uses the same principles as the controlled crying technique.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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