マザーコンプレックス

noun

mama's boy; excessive attachment to one's mother

Wasei-eigo from 'mother complex'. Refers to a person (often male) who is overly dependent on or attached to their mother, or the condition itself. Not a clinical term; used in everyday conversation.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from mother complex

• 彼かれはマザーコンプレックスで、何なんでも母はは親おやに相そう談だんする。

  He's a mama's boy and consults his mother about everything.

• あの人ひとはマザーコンプレックスが強つよいから、結けっ婚こんは難むずかしいかもしれない。

  He has a strong mother complex, so marriage might be difficult for him.

noun

Oedipus complex; sexual attraction to one's mother

Psychoanalytic term, often used synonymously with エディプスコンプレックス. In casual Japanese, マザーコンプレックス can also carry this meaning, though sense 1 is far more common.

See also: エディプスコンプレックス

• フロイトの理り論ろんでは、マザーコンプレックスは男だん児じの発はっ達たつ段だん階かいで現あらわれる。

  In Freud's theory, the Oedipus complex appears during a boy's developmental stage.