momism
- n excessive protection
- Beside him at every step is Mama (Melina Mercouri), who could give Sophie Portnoy lessons in classic and popular momism.
- Philip Wylie, 69, the polemicist-novelist who coined the term "momism" in Generation of Vipers, his 1942 best-selling harangue against American mores; of heart disease; in Miami.
- As the father of "momism" in Generation of Vipers, Polemicist-Novelist Philip Wylie has a certain reputation to live up to.