parentism
Meanings
noun
- Discrimination against parents.
- Pathological or unhealthy parenting.
- Parental determinism; the belief that parenting is responsible for the character and behavior of the child.
- The promotion of having children as a social ideal.
- The granting of absolute authority to parents.
- Paternal or maternal feeling and behavior.
- The assumption of a parental role in the context of a relationship other than the parent-child relationship.
- A cliché used by parents with their children.
Word forms
Etymology
From parent + -ism.
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