pygmalionism

pygmalionism
Rarely used term for the state of being in love with an object of one's own creation. [Pygmalion, G. myth. char.]

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pyg·ma·lion·ism pig-'māl-yən-.iz-əm n, often cap sexual responsiveness directed toward a statue or other representation esp. when of one's own making Pyg·ma·lion pig-'māl-yən, -'mā-lē-ən Greek mythological character. According to the most common version of the myth, Pygmalion was a king of Cyprus and a sculptor who created a beautiful ivory statue representing his ideal of womanhood. He then fell in love with his own creation. In answer to his prayer the goddess Aphrodite brought the statue to life.

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pyg·ma·li·on·ism (pig-maґle-on-iz″əm) [Pygmalion, a Greek sculptor who fell in love with a statue he had carved] the falling in love with an object made by oneself.

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