refrigerator mother

== English == === Alternative forms === refrigerator mom === Pronunciation === === Noun === refrigerator mother (plural refrigerator mothers) (psychology, dated, idiomatic, derogatory) An emotionally frigid mother, who does not exhibit normal care or love for her child or children. ==== Usage notes ==== Usually used in the context of the now discredited belief that the attitude and behavior of such mothers causes autism or schizophrenia in offspring. === References === “refrigerator mom”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.