mommyism
mommyism noun: the state or behaviour of a mother and motherhood, especially when emphasized as one's identity in identity politics.
Noun
mommyism (uncountable)
- The state or behaviour of a mother and motherhood, especially when emphasized as one's identity in identity politics.
- I also find it impossible to accept the notion that Hitchcock, so ruthlessly committed, throughout his Hollywood career, to depicting the terrors of American mommyism, would uncritically suggest that the state to which we would like to return is Mother's enveloping, sonorous nurture.2013, David Greven, Psycho-Sexual
- […] how the patriarchy created the baby clock mythology to con women into surrendering to mommyism.2014, Jody Gehrman, Tart
- Synonyms:
- mommyhood
Synonyms of mommyism
Origin of mommyism
From mommy + -ism.
Questions about mommyism
- What does mommyism mean?
- Mommyism means the state or behaviour of a mother and motherhood, especially when emphasized as one's identity in identity politics.
- What part of speech is mommyism?
- Mommyism is a noun.
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