Spockish

English Etymology From en Spock ish. Adjective Resembling or characteristic of the Star Trek character Mr. Spock, especially in being excessively logical and emotionless. en 1997 Film review: Special: Issues 18-21 Gary Oldman is pale with pale blue eyes and Spockish ears. en 1998 Grace Lee Whitney; Jim Denney; Leonard Nimoy The Longest Trek: My Tour of the Galaxy 89 In the early shows, Leonard Nimoy and the various writers and directors struggled to find the Spockish response to emotionally charged situations. en 2009 w:Daniel Goleman w:Emotional Intelligence 41 Rather like the Spockish character Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation, psychology is coming to appreciate the power and virtues of emotions in mental life, as well as their dangers. en 2010 Ruth Hubbard; Gilles Paquet The Case for Decentralized Federalism 211 It is not driven by the fiction of optimization in the manner of Dr. Spock in Star Trek―obsessively using high-tech logic tools. Such a Spockish approach often tends to mis-characterize the nature of the problem when the environment is complex, turbulent and evolving. Characteristic of Benjamin Spock (1903–1998), American pediatrician who introduced elements of psychoanalysis into childcare. en 1994 w:John Barth Once Upon a Time: A Floating Opera Circumcision of the goyim would not become the pediatric norm in America until the Spockish 1950's. en 2001 Flavia Alaya Under the Rose: A Confession 307 And the two of us, I already a bit refreshed perhaps by an hour's sleep, Harry longing for a touch of baby skin, would conspire to break the Spockish law and sneak him across the hall to spend some time with us in bed. Synonyms Benjamin Spock en Spockian Mr Spock en Spockian en eponyms en Star Trek