Meanings
- USuncountableThe state or behaviour of a mother and motherhood, especially when emphasized as one's identity in identity politics.
[…] how the patriarchy created the baby clock mythology to con women into surrendering to mommyism.
2014, Jody Gehrman, Tart1 more example
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.
2013, David Greven, Psycho-SexualSynonyms: mommyhood
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or behaviour of a mother and motherhood, especially when emphasized as one's identity in identity politics.
Origin
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mommyism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mommyism
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