| 单词 | mother-symbol |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmother-symbol mother-symbol n. †(a) something which symbolically marks the beginning of a body, organization, etc. (in quot. 1852 with reference to the Augsburg Confession) (obsolete); (b) (as a term in various academic disciplines) a thing which stands as a symbol of the mother or of motherhood. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > [noun] > mother image or symbol mother-symbol1852 mother imago1916 mother image1923 1852 S. S. Schucker Amer. Lutheran Church 203 To this substantial recognition of the mother symbol of Protestantism, the General synod still adheres. 1926 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 59 191 The tree is a mother-symbol. 1956 R. F. C. Hull tr. C. G. Jung Symbols of Transformation in Coll. Wks. V. 301 At this stage the mother-symbol..points towards the unconscious as the creative matrix of the future. 1987 MLN 102 299 One who relates to her as a woman rather than an idealized mother-symbol. < as lemmas |
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