mommyism

English

Etymology

mommy +‎ -ism

Noun

mommyism (uncountable)

1. (US) The state or behaviour of a mother and motherhood, especially when emphasized as one's identity in identity politics.
   • 2013, David Greven, Psycho-Sexual:

     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.

   • 2014, Jody Gehrman, Tart:

     […] how the patriarchy created the baby clock mythology to con women into surrendering to mommyism.

Synonyms

• mommyhood

Related terms

• Instamom, momfluencer, mumfluencer, mommy blogger