maternalism
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother
the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children
Types & categories
- parental quality hypernym
Related & opposite
- maternal attribute
- maternal derivation
- maternalistic derivation
- motherly derivation
Sense 2 noun
motherly care; behavior characteristic of a mother; the practice of acting as a mother does toward her children
Types & categories
- care hypernym
Related & opposite
- maternalistic derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | maternal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | maternal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | maternalistic |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | motherly |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | parental quality |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | maternalistic |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | care |