1 momism | Definition of momism

momism

noun
mom·​ism | \ ˈmäˌmizÉ™m\
plural -s

Definition of momism

: 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

History and Etymology for momism

mom + -ism

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