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daddy issues en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdædi ˌɪʃ(j)uz/ (General-American)
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Meanings

  1. (informal, plural, plural-only) A complex, especially in a girl or woman, originating from an unhealthy relationship with one's father, causing one to behave erratically in romantic relationships.
    • I might have to break up with Nora: she has serious daddy issues that she needs to sort out before dating anyone again.
    • I used to like to note that every girl I had ever loved had significant Daddy issues as a way of highlighting the crisis of black fatherhood. 2008 August 20, Ta-Nehisi Coates, “Women who date the “wrong” men”, in The Atlantic:
    • Near-synonym: father complex

Coordinates

mommy issues · mother complex

Relateds

fatherless · attachment disorder · father figure

Translations (7)

pt daddy issues (father complex) · de Vaterkomplex (father complex) · es problemas con papá (father complex) · pl kompleks tatusia (father complex) · es complejos paternos (father complex) · es problemas paternales (father complex) · fi isäkompleksi (father complex)