マザーコンプレックス

Japanese

Alternative forms

• (short) マザコン (mazakon)

Etymology

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from mother +‎ complex

Noun

マザーコンプレックス • (mazā konpurekkusu) 

1. Oedipus complex
   • 1974, Asahi Camera, volume 59, page 157:

     大(おお)辻(つじ)一(かず)村(むら)さんが前(まえ)に撮(と)った「日(に)本(ほん)エロチシズム」はマザーコンプレックスの影(かげ)が濃(こ)かったが、こんどのはちょっと違(ちが)っていて、やはり年(とし)を経(へ)たせいかなと思(おも)う。

     Ōtsuji Kazumura-san ga mae ni totta “Nihon erochishizumu” wa mazā konpurekkusu no kage ga kokatta ga, kondo no wa chotto chigatteite, yahari toshi o heta sei kana to omou.

     There was a heavy Oedipal shadow over Mr. Otsuji's previous “Japan Eroticism”, but his current work differs a bit, I suppose due to the passage of years.

2. the condition of being a momma's boy; being greatly influenced by one's mother
   • 2015, Shigeta Saitō, Kodomo ga shiawase ni sodatsu okāsan no 'kokoro no shūkan' [Mother's 'spiritual habits' for raising happy children], →ISBN, page 55:

     十(じゅう)代(だい)後(こう)半(はん)になると、母(はは)親(おや)の影(えい)響(きょう)下(した)から逃(のが)れるようになり、マザーコンプレックスから解(かい)放(ほう)されるケースが多(おお)くなります。しかし、その一(いっ)方(ぽう)で、年(ねん)齢(れい)に関(かん)係(けい)なく、いつでもマザーコンプレックスの後(こう)遺(い)症(しょう)が残(のこ)り続(つづ)けるケースもあります。

     Jūdai kōhan ni naru to, hahaoya no eikyō shita kara nogareru yō ni nari, mazā konpurekkusu kara kaihō sareru kēsu ga ōku narimasu. Shikashi, sono ippō de, nenrei ni kankei naku, itsudemo mazā konpurekkusu no kōishō ga nokori tsuzukeru kēsu mo arimasu.

     In their latter teenage years most people emerge from their mother's influence and are emancipated from the mother complex. In some cases, however, regardless of age they continue to bear the effects of the mother complex.

Coordinate terms

• ファザーコンプレックス (fazā konpurekkusu)

References

• Yoshiro Kojima, Shigeru Takebayashi, Keisuke Nakao, and Hideo Masuda, editors (2005), Luminous Japanese-English Dictionary, second edition, Kenkyusha
• Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN