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matrisexual

matrisexual adjective: sexually attracted to one's mother.

Adjective

matrisexual (not comparable)

  1. sexually attracted to one's mother
    • Although Chodorow acknowledges the contributions of biology to the infant's matrisexual experience and subsequent maternal symbiosis, she maintains that the oedipal crisis is culturally specific.1988, Madeleine R. Grumet, Bitter Milk: Women and Teaching, page 17

Origin of matrisexual

From matri- + sexual.

Words formed from matrisexual

Questions about matrisexual

What does matrisexual mean?
Matrisexual means sexually attracted to one's mother.
What part of speech is matrisexual?
Matrisexual is an adjective.

Words near matrisexual in the dictionary

  1. matriphagous
  2. matriphagy
  3. matripotestal
  4. matriptase
  5. matriptases
  6. matrisexual
  7. matrisexuality
  8. matrisib
  9. matrisibs
  10. matrisomal
  11. matrisome

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