fatherlessness
1
6.1
- noun
- /ˈfɑːðərləsnəs/
:
falta de padre
- Men in the movement also speak of the larger phenomenon among today's children of "fatherlessness," which correlates statistically to higher rates of teen suicide, substance abuse, crime, runaways, and other maladies.
- problems associated with fatherlessness
You know, this question of single parent homes and fatherlessness or a lack of role models.
- You know, this question of single parent homes and fatherlessness or a lack of role models.
- So cohabitation has been an engine of mass fatherlessness.
- I was just thinking then, as you're talking about all of that and the gods we choose to to to worship and young men and fatherlessness.
Examples
-
There are some very troubling cultural problems in the USA, but none troubles me as much as fatherlessness.
Blog text (18) -
Yet, despite increasing public concern about the problems of illegitimacy and fatherlessness, most welfare-reform efforts currently focus almost exclusively on moving unwed mothers into the paid labor force.
Academic text (1997) -
It's like we are way more affected by fatherlessness than women.
-
You know, this question of single parent homes and fatherlessness or a lack of role models.
-
There is an epidemic of fatherlessness.
Blog text (4) -
Of course, welfare reform cannot, by itself, solve the problems of fatherlessness and divorce any more than it alone will ever, by itself, solve the problem of poverty.
Academic text (1997) -
Don't kid yourself that the current state of fatherlessness in our nation does not have its impact on every aspect of society and has tremendous political ramifications.
Blog text (3) -
As a law-enforcement officer... ...I've seen firsthand the deep hurt and devastation... ...that fatherlessness brings in a child's life.
-
Research from the USA shows that violent crime, drug and alcohol abuse, truancy, teen pregnancy, and suicide all correlate more strongly to fatherlessness than to any other factor.
Blog text (4) -
Many children experience feelings of abandonment due to fatherlessness in their households.
Antonyms
How Involved
Surface Forms
Morphology
fatherlessness = fatherless (transparent) = father + less + ness
The sense describes absence of a paternal figure and is directly named by 'father' + '-less' + '-ness', a straightforward nominalization of the adjective.
Etymology
Fatherlessness comes from father with -less meaning 'without' and -ness meaning 'the state of'. A helpful image is a child 'without' a father at home, so fatherlessness means the condition of lacking a father or a guiding paternal figure in someone's life.