Meaning of Spockery | Babel Free

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Synonym of Spockism.

uncountable

Examples

“A good deal⟳ of the practical advice is medical—how to detect⟳ the symptoms of tuberculosis, how to diagnose a pregnancy, foods to avoid⟳ during pregnancy (crabs, or the child will come⟳ out sideways etc.), lucky directions in which a pregnant woman should contrive to face⟳ on various days of the zodiac, charms to secure an easy delivery, herbs to improve⟳ the flow⟳ of milk, hints on the care of infants, remedies for warts and bed-wetting and other kinds of Spockery.”

“1966, Insight and Outlook The causes of student unrest, both here and in Europe, have⟳ been probed by many; critics bewail, and rightly so, the effects of a generation of permissiveness and Spockery.”

CEFR level