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maternalness

maternalness noun: quality of being maternal.

Noun

maternalness (uncountable)

  1. Quality of being maternal.

Origin of maternalness

From maternal + -ness.

Questions about maternalness

What does maternalness mean?
Maternalness means quality of being maternal.
What part of speech is maternalness?
Maternalness is a noun.

Words near maternalness in the dictionary

  1. maternalized
  2. maternalizes
  3. maternalizing
  4. maternall
  5. maternally
  6. maternalness
  7. maternals
  8. maternities
  9. maternity
  10. maternity bra
  11. maternity bras

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