parentism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Discrimination against parents.
  2. Pathological or unhealthy parenting.
  3. Parental determinism; the belief that parenting is responsible for the character and behavior of the child.
  4. The promotion of having children as a social ideal.
  5. The granting of absolute authority to parents.
  6. Paternal or maternal feeling and behavior.
  7. The assumption of a parental role in the context of a relationship other than the parent-child relationship.
  8. A cliché used by parents with their children.

Word forms

parentism parentisms

Etymology

From parent + -ism.

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