マザーコンプレックス

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ザーコンプレ [màzáá kóńpúréꜜkkùsù] (Nakadaka – [7])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠za̠ː kõ̞mpɯ̟ɾe̞k̚kɯ̟̊sɨ]

Noun

マザーコンプレックス • (mazā konpurekkusu

  1. Oedipus complex
    • 1974, Asahi Camera, volume 59, page 157:
      (おお)(つじ)(かず)(むら)さんが(まえ)()った「()(ほん)エロチシズム」はマザーコンプレックス(かげ)()かったが、こんどのはちょっと(ちが)っていて、やはり(とし)()たせいかなと(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 mama's boy.
    • 2015, Shigeta Saitō, Kodomo ga shiawase ni sodatsu okāsan no 'kokoro no shūkan' [Mother's 'spiritual habits' for raising happy children], →ISBN, page 55:
      (じゅう)(だい)(こう)(はん)になると、(はは)(おや)(えい)(きょう)(した)から(のが)れるようになり、マザーコンプレックスから(かい)(ほう)されるケースが(おお)くなります。しかし、その(いっ)(ぽう)で、(ねん)(れい)(かん)(けい)なく、いつでもマザーコンプレックス(こう)()(しょう)(のこ)(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 Oedipus complex. In some cases, however, regardless of age they continue to bear the effects of the Oedipus complex.

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References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN