mommyism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The state or behaviour of a mother and motherhood, especially when emphasized as one's identity in identity politics.
American usage; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "[…] how the patriarchy created the baby clock mythology to con women into surrendering to mommyism."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Usage
- American usage
- Uncountable