matrisexual

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

matri- +‎ sexual

Adjective[edit]

matrisexual (not comparable)

  1. sexually attracted to one's mother
    • 1988, Madeleine R. Grumet, Bitter Milk: Women and Teaching, page 17:
      Although Chodorow acknowledges the contributions of biology to the infant's matrisexual experience and subsequent maternal symbiosis, she maintains that the oedipal crisis is culturally specific.
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