Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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maternal | No | Yes | No | No |
maternalism | Yes | No | No | No |
maternal (noun) | maternalism (noun) |
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motherly care; behavior characteristic of a mother; the practice of acting as a mother does toward her children | |
the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother |
maternal (adjective) | maternalism (adjective) |
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characteristic of a mother | |
relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent | |
relating to or derived from one's mother | |
related on the mother's side |