Letter M

Momism

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<B>1.</B> Excessive attachment to mom.

<B>2.</B> Conversely, overprotective mothering.

The term momism was coined by the American writer Philip Wylie (1902 - 1971) in his 1942 book <I>A Generation of Vipers</I>.

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