A type of toxic behaviour most commonly exhibited by middle aged women which seeks to control or discredit a person through a sustained campaign of infantilisation, gaslighting and intense focus on the target's perceived flaws or disabilities.
Through this the perpetrator sets themselves up as a protective mother figure of an otherwise capable adult to whom they are usually not related.
This tactic is often used in the defence of bigotry or conspiracy theories such as the anti-vax movement, the goal being to portray the target as too immature to have their arguments taken seriously.
Through this the perpetrator sets themselves up as a protective mother figure of an otherwise capable adult to whom they are usually not related.
This tactic is often used in the defence of bigotry or conspiracy theories such as the anti-vax movement, the goal being to portray the target as too immature to have their arguments taken seriously.
by sonderland June 11, 2020
Get the maternalism mug.The Marxian interpretation of reality that views matter as the sole subject of change and all change as the product of a constant conflict between opposites arising from the internal contradictions inherent in all events, ideas, and movements.
The dialectic materialism between Bob and Alice, as manifested in their respective adherence to quintessential gender roles, became indisputably resolved as Bob skeeted all up on her face.
by tenova June 27, 2004
Get the dialectical materialism mug.by materialist April 19, 2003
Get the materialist mug.1. A philosophy that holds that everything that exists is made of matter. (see also metaphysical naturalism)
2. The belief that material wealth is the greatest good. (see also objectivism)
2. The belief that material wealth is the greatest good. (see also objectivism)
1. "It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously." --H.L. Mencken
2. "It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly." --Thoreau
2. "It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly." --Thoreau
by spline December 25, 2007
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by Cheyenne January 4, 2005
Get the materialistic mug.A framework of material reality as a manifestation of the irreversible nature of linear time
Posits linear time, material reality, and history as illusions or antitheses of Nietzsche's nihilism.
The synthesis of Karl Marx's dialectical materialism
Posits linear time, material reality, and history as illusions or antitheses of Nietzsche's nihilism.
The synthesis of Karl Marx's dialectical materialism
Synthetic materialism argues that there is no history and by extension that there is no material reality.
Rather than material reality creating the illusion of a past, synthetic materialism argues that the past creates the illusion of material reality
Rather than material reality creating the illusion of a past, synthetic materialism argues that the past creates the illusion of material reality
by sandraxine December 15, 2017
Get the synthetic materialism mug.Devotion to material wealth (tangible objects) It is also a philosophy that states that all things, will eventually be explained by physical properties. Most Westerners are materialists. Which means they are bastards who crave material wealth and will go to no end to get more. See Capitalism Materialism will be the downfall of society.
by Karl Marx October 14, 2004
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