Matrisexual

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    sexually attracted to one's mother not-comparable

    "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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"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."

Etymology

From matri- + sexual.

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