Usually means: Overprotecting, often to excessive degree.
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  1. coddling: Merriam-Webster
  2. coddling: Collins English Dictionary
  3. coddling: Vocabulary.com
  4. Coddling, coddling: Wordnik
  5. coddling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. coddling: Wiktionary
  7. Coddling, coddling: Dictionary.com
  8. coddling: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Coddling: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Coddling: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. Coddling: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. coddling: FreeDictionary.org
  13. coddling: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (coddling)

▸ noun:  The act of one who coddles or pampers.
▸ noun:  Alternative form of codling (type of apple) [A young small cod.]

Similar:
cosset, pamper, mollycoddle, baby, spoil, cocker, indulge, featherbed, petting, indulgence, more...

Opposite:
tough love, discipline, strictness, firmness

Phrases:
The Coddling of the American Mind, more...

Adjectives:
much, molly, such, little, excessive, over, constant, special, sentimental, maternal, undue



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Similar:
cosset, pamper, mollycoddle, baby, spoil, cocker, indulge, featherbed, petting, indulgence, more...

Opposite:
tough love, discipline, strictness, firmness

Phrases:
The Coddling of the American Mind, more...

Adjectives:
much, molly, such, little, excessive, over, constant, special, sentimental, maternal, undue



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