momism

noun

mom·​ism
ˈmäˌmizəm
plural -s
: an excessive popular adoration and oversentimentalizing of mothers that is held to be oedipal in nature and that is thought to allow overprotective or clinging mothers unconsciously to deny their offspring emotional emancipation and thus to set up psychoneuroses

Word History

Etymology

mom + -ism

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“Momism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/momism. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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