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maternalism

noun

Etymology

From maternal + -ism.

  1. derived from *méh₂tēr✻ — “mother”
  2. derived from māternus — “maternal; related to the mother or her side of the family”
  3. derived from māternālis — “maternal”
  4. derived from maternel — “maternal”
  5. inherited from maternal
  6. suffixed as maternalism — “maternal + ism”

Definitions

  1. The treatment of people in a motherly manner, especially by caring for them as a mother…

    The treatment of people in a motherly manner, especially by caring for them as a mother would care for her children.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA