"Spockian" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "1960, \"Now 'Dr. Spock' Goes to the White House, The New York Times, 1960 December 4",
          "text": "The Spockian influence on motherhood-at-large is, today, almost legendary."
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          "ref": "1968, Frederick C. Crews, The Patch Commission, page 25",
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          "text": "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:[…]",
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          "ref": "1989, Howard Aiken, “Early Inventors”, in Robert Slater, editor, Portraits in Silicon, The MIT Press",
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          "ref": "1997, Alex Matthews, Satan's Silence: The Second Cassidy McCabe Mystery, Intrigue Press, page 135",
          "text": "She bit into tough, stringy meat that had a pungent, wild taste to it. \"Interesting,\" she commented, attempting a Spockian neutrality.",
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