matrisexual

English

Etymology

matri- +‎ sexual

Adjective

matrisexual (not comparable)

1. sexually attracted to one's mother
   • 1988, Madeleine R. Grumet, Bitter Milk: Women and Teaching, page 17:

     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.