Word.ws English Dictionary

maternal impression

maternal impression noun: an effect supposedly produced on a child in the womb as a result of a powerful mental or physical influence on the mother; thought to explain birth defects etc. before the modern understanding of genetics.

Noun

maternal impression (plural maternal impressions)

  1. (historical) An effect supposedly produced on a child in the womb as a result of a powerful mental or physical influence on the mother; thought to explain birth defects etc. before the modern understanding of genetics.

Forms of maternal impression

pluralmaternal impressions

Questions about maternal impression

What does maternal impression mean?
Maternal impression means an effect supposedly produced on a child in the womb as a result of a powerful mental or physical influence on the mother; thought to explain birth defects etc. before the modern understanding of genetics.
What part of speech is maternal impression?
Maternal impression is a noun.
What is the plural of maternal impression?
The plural of maternal impression is maternal impressions.

Words near maternal impression in the dictionary

  1. maternal grandmothers
  2. maternal half aunt
  3. maternal half aunts
  4. maternal half-uncle
  5. maternal half-uncles
  6. maternal impression
  7. maternal impressions
  8. maternal orphan
  9. maternal orphans
  10. maternal uncle
  11. maternal uncles

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: maternal impression (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “maternal impression.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/maternal_impression. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.