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maternalizing

maternalizing is the present participle and gerund of maternalize.

Meaning of maternalize

Verb

maternalize (third-person singular simple present maternalizes, present participle maternalizing, simple past and past participle maternalized)

  1. (transitive) To make maternal.
    • Women's professional status is frequently mediated by overt efforts to "beautify" or maternalize them, or both.2003, Rory Cooke Dicker, Alison Piepmeier, Catching a Wave: Reclaiming Feminism for the 21st Century

Questions about maternalizing

What is maternalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Maternalizing is the present participle and gerund of maternalize.

Words near maternalizing in the dictionary

  1. maternality
  2. maternalization
  3. maternalize
  4. maternalized
  5. maternalizes
  6. maternalizing
  7. maternall
  8. maternally
  9. maternalness
  10. maternals
  11. maternities

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