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☆ mom·ism (mäm′iz′əm)

noun

excessive, esp. sentimentalized, devotion to mothers or motherhood, thought to result in a mother's domination over her children and their failure to mature psychologically

Etymology: coined (1942) by P. Wylie, U.S. writer < mom & -ism

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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