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momism
Definition
Excessive devotion to one's mother or to motherhood; said to stem from a mother's domination over her children and their failure to mature psychologically.ETYMOLOGY: Coined by American writer Philip Wylie (1902-1971) in 1942 from a contraction of mom + ism.
SYNONYMS: maternal domination; matriarchalism; mother worship.
SEE ALSO: affenliebe.
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