mother wound

noun

A relationship difficulty between a mother and her child, when the child perceives the mother or a mother figure as having caused emotional harm to the child through being critical, aloof, unloving, absent, addicted, etc. when the child was very young.

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Meanings

nounmother wound (plural mother wounds)

plural mother wounds

  1. A relationship difficulty between a mother and her child, when the child perceives the mother or a mother figure as having caused emotional harm to the child through being critical, aloof, unloving, absent, addicted, etc. when the child was very young.
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APA

mother wound. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mother%20wound

MLA

“mother wound.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mother%20wound. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mother wound,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mother%20wound.

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