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maternalisms

maternalisms is the plural of maternalism.

Meaning of maternalism

Noun

maternalism (countable and uncountable, plural maternalisms)

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

Questions about maternalisms

What is maternalisms the plural of?
Maternalisms is the plural of maternalism.

Words near maternalisms in the dictionary

  1. maternalise
  2. maternalised
  3. maternalises
  4. maternalising
  5. maternalism
  6. maternalisms
  7. maternalist
  8. maternalistic
  9. maternalistically
  10. maternalists
  11. maternality

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Adapted from Wiktionary: maternalisms (page history and authors); maternalism (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.

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