| NOUN | attribute | maternalism, motherliness, maternal quality, maternity | the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother |
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| act | maternalism | motherly care |
| Meaning | The quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother. | |
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| Synonyms | motherliness, maternal quality, maternity | |
| Attributes | maternal | characteristic of a mother |
| Broader | parental quality | A quality appropriate to a parent |
| Spanish | cualidad maternal | |
| Catalan | qualitat maternal | |
| Adjectives | maternalistic | showing maternal instincts |
| Meaning | motherly care; behavior characteristic of a mother; the practice of acting as a mother does toward her children. | |
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| Broader | care, attention, aid, tending | The work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something |
| Adjectives | maternalistic | showing maternal instincts |
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