parentisms

Noun

parentism (countable and uncountable, plural parentisms)

1. (uncountable) Discrimination against parents.
   • I've come to label an attitude that lies in most of us and dominates in some as 'parentism' - that is presuming deficiences in people because they are parents.1985, Peter Ribbins, Schooling and Welfare, page 99
2. (uncountable) Pathological or unhealthy parenting.
   • Five irrational cognitive, emotive, and physical behaviors are described, and it is suggested that Rational Behavior Therapy, utilizing such techniques as rational self-analysis and rational emotive imagery, can help parents rid themselves of "parentism."1977, MC Maultsby, “Parentism: A behavioral analysis and rational solution”, in Voices: Journal of the American Academy of Psychotherapists, volume 12, number 4
3. (uncountable) Parental determinism; the belief that parenting is responsible for the character and behavior of the child.
   • Why do so few Americans recognize the effects of “parentism,” if you will? Why is there still no popular reform movement directed against the problem of wildly unequal starts?2007, Kenneth Oldfield, “Achieving social class diversity throughout the workforce: A case study of TIAA-CREF”, in Kevin Cahill and Lene Johannessen, editor, Considering Class: Essays on the...
4. (uncountable) The promotion of having children as a social ideal.
   • Amongst you, O civilizees! parentism ruling in exclusive development is judged praiseworthy, because it accords with the civilizee régime; but at a few paces from your civilizee countries, and from Morocco to Pekin, parentism is no longer praiseworthy; the system of seraglios and eunuchs, with the...1851, Charles Fourier, The Passions of the Human Soul - Volume 2, page 345
5. (uncountable) The granting of absolute authority to parents.
   • Hence in this case, it can be demonstrated conclusively that Freud was blinded by parentism, that he consistently misinterpreted the defensive communications of the parents as the inevitable psycho-sexual development of the child.1977, Telos - Issues 30-32, page 97
6. (uncountable) Paternal or maternal feeling and behavior.
   • I debated the matter—Reason was driven from her post and parentism prevail'd.1796, Edward Henry Iliff, Angelo: A Novel, Founded on Melancholy Facts

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