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    *protection - the activity of protecting someone or something; "the witnesses demanded police protection"
    *protection - the activity of protecting someone or something; "the witnesses demanded police protection"
    *n. American, excessive devotion to [[mother]].
    *n. American, excessive devotion to [[mother]].

    [http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/momism.html Philip Wylie on "Momism" (1955)]


    a combination of "mom" and the "[[Wikipedia:Ism|-ism]]" suffix.
    a combination of "mom" and the "[[Wikipedia:Ism|-ism]]" suffix.

    [http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/momism.html Philip Wylie on "Momism" (1955)]


    [[Category:Isms]]
    [[Category:Isms]]

    Latest revision as of 20:40, 25 October 2005

    • overprotection, overshielding, excessive protection
    • protection - the activity of protecting someone or something; "the witnesses demanded police protection"
    • n. American, excessive devotion to mother.

    a combination of "mom" and the "-ism" suffix.

    Philip Wylie on "Momism" (1955)

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