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maternalistic

maternalistic adjective: exhibiting or relating to maternalism.

Adjective

maternalistic (comparative more maternalistic, superlative most maternalistic)

  1. Exhibiting or relating to maternalism.

Forms of maternalistic

comparativemore maternalistic
superlativemost maternalistic

Origin of maternalistic

From maternal + -istic.

Words formed from maternalistic

Questions about maternalistic

What does maternalistic mean?
Maternalistic means exhibiting or relating to maternalism.
What part of speech is maternalistic?
Maternalistic is an adjective.

Words near maternalistic in the dictionary

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

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