Spockian

English Etymology From en Spock ian. Pronunciation en en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Spockian.wav US Adjective Related to, or characteristic of, Dr. Benjamin Spock or his parenting philosophy. 1960, "Now 'Dr. Spock' Goes to the White House, The New York Times, 1960 December 4: The Spockian influence on motherhood-at-large is, today, almost legendary. en 1968 Frederick C. Crews The Patch Commission 25 The Spockian ploy is to announce one's sins and then go right ahead and compound them. All the man does is shed a few crocodile tears over the parents' unhappy lot and then proceed directly with his blueprint for infantocracy. en 1988 N. Ray Hiner; Joseph M. Hawes Nancy Pottishman Weiss Mother, the Invention of Necessity: Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care Growing Up in America: Children in Historical Perspective University of Illinois Press 0-252-01218-6 The triumph of the Spockian dictum of a privatized child-rearing world, shorn of political concerns, may, in part, explain the vehemence with which Dr. Spock has been attacked for his own peace activities. en 1990 Philip Elliot Slater The Pursuit of Loneliness: American Culture at the Breaking Point http://books.google.ca/books?id=Nr1CwqGHJtEC&pg=PA100&dq=%22spockian%22&hl=en&ei=7l5KTIHgG5KksQPgsPlI&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22spockian%22&f=false 100 Beacon Press 0-8070-4201-3 They seem to be more certain that desire can be gratified than that it can be aroused — a response that probably owes much to Spockian child-rearing. In earlier times a mother responded to her child's needs when they were expressed powerfully enough to distract her from other cares and activities. Spockian mothers, however, often tried to anticipate the child's needs: Related to, or characteristic of, the character Spock from Star Trek, especially in being emotionally detached. en 1989 Robert Slater Howard Aiken Early Inventors Portraits in Silicon The MIT Press 978-0262691314 And you can see from the Spockian ears and the raised eyebrows, he had a positive Mephistophelian look. en 1997 Alex Matthews Satan's Silence: The Second Cassidy McCabe Mystery http://books.google.ca/books?id=NgyCVGvd67cC&pg=PA135&dq=%22spockian%22&hl=en&ei=umpKTPr-AoG-sQP75L3-DA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCsQ6AEwATgy#v=onepage&q=%22spockian%22&f=false 135 Intrigue Press 1-890768-04-9 She bit into tough, stringy meat that had a pungent, wild taste to it. "Interesting," she commented, attempting a Spockian neutrality. en 2009 Paul Herr Primal Management: Unraveling the Secrets of Human Nature to Drive High Performance http://books.google.ca/books?id=c4OJplHkpMcC&pg=PA24&dq=%22spockian%22&hl=en&ei=FWVKTKz0G4qmsQOYnfHlCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CE4Q6AEwCDgU#v=onepage&q=%22spockian%22&f=false 24 AMACOM 978-0-8144-1396-8 Most cognitive psychologists in the mideighties viewed the brain as a computer-like mechanism based on pure logic and rational thought. There was no room for emotions in their Spockian formulation. en Synonyms Benjamin Spock en Spockish Mr Spock en Spockish en eponyms en Star Trek