"security blanket" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: security blankets [plural]
Etymology: From Linus van Pelt's security blanket in Charles Schulz's comic strip Peanuts. Head templates: {{en-noun}} security blanket (plural security blankets)
  1. A blanket that one uses to have a secure feeling or reduced anxiety, usually in the early years of life. Translations (blanket used to produce secure feeling): turvariepu (Finnish), Kuscheldecke [feminine] (German), snuttefilt [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-security_blanket-en-noun-JRadV-RF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of 'blanket used to produce secure feeling': 93 7
  2. Any object one uses to have a sense of security or reduced anxiety. Translations (any object used to produce sense of security): turvariepu (Finnish), snuttefilt [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-security_blanket-en-noun-HnJUBNYP Disambiguation of 'any object used to produce sense of security': 25 75

Inflected forms

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