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mom⋅ism

  [mom-iz-uhm]
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–noun (sometimes initial capital letter)
excessive adulation of the mother and undue dependence on maternal care or protection, resulting in absence or loss of maturity and independence.
Origin:
mom + -ism; coined by U.S. author Philip Wylie (1902–71) in A Generation of Vipers (1942)
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Main Entry: mom·ism
Pronunciation: 'mäm-"iz-&m
Function: noun
: an excessive popular adoration and oversentimentalizing of mothers that isheld to be oedipal in nature
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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