mommyism

Etymology

From mommy + -ism.

mommyism means the state or behaviour of a mother and motherhood, especially when emphasized as one's identity in identity politics. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.

noun

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.”