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momism

(mäm′iz′əm)

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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

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

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