matronism

English

Etymology

From matron +‎ -ism.

Noun

matronism (uncountable)

1. (archaic) matronhood
   • 1854, The Keepsake:

     To a lad of my age, the idea of a woman of thirty was connected with nothing but associations of far-advanced old maidenhood or very ripe matronism […]

Anagrams

• marmitons, mortmains