Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A blanket carried by a child to reduce anxiety.
- noun Informal Something that dispels anxiety.
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- noun A
blanket that one uses to have a securefeeling or reducedanxiety , usually in the early years of life: Linus van Pelt had a famous security blanket. - noun Any
object one uses to have a sense of security or reduced anxiety.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a blanket (or toy) that a child carries around in order to reduce anxiety
- noun anything that an adult person uses to reduce anxiety
Etymologies
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From Linus van Pelt's security blanket in Charles Schulz's comic strip Peanuts
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oroboros commented on the word security blanket
According to NPR's Says You the security blanket was an actual product for securing babies in their cribs and not dreamed up by Charles Schultz.
February 4, 2012