Meaning

8 senses
  1. (uncountable)Discrimination against parents.

  2. (uncountable)Pathological or unhealthy parenting.

  3. (uncountable)Parental determinism; the belief that parenting is responsible for the character and behavior of the child.

  4. (uncountable)The promotion of having children as a social ideal.

  5. (uncountable)The granting of absolute authority to parents.

  6. (uncountable)Paternal or maternal feeling and behavior.

  7. (countable, uncountable)The assumption of a parental role in the context of a relationship other than the parent-child relationship.

  8. (countable)A cliché used by parents with their children.

Origin

From parent + -ism.

From parent + -ism.

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Forms

plural: parentisms
Singularparentism
Pluralparentisms

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
parentism — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto