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nurturances

nurturances is the plural of nurturance.

Meaning of nurturance

Noun

nurturance (countable and uncountable, plural nurturances)

  1. The provision of physical and emotional care.
    • Rousseauist responsiveness and nurturance automatically flip over into their opposites.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae
  2. The act of supporting, fostering.
    • The colossal stupidity of the one-party strategy has had three disastrous effects: the nurturance of right-wing Republican homophobes, the weakening and silencing of pro-gay, progressive Republicans, and the allowance of lacklustrer, liberal Democrats to exploit us at their will and ignore us at...1991 February 4, David Lafontaine, Patrick Ward, “Why Our Future Is In The GOP”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 28, page 5

Questions about nurturances

What is nurturances the plural of?
Nurturances is the plural of nurturance.

Words near nurturances in the dictionary

  1. nursy
  2. nurturable
  3. nurtural
  4. nurturally
  5. nurturance
  6. nurturances
  7. nurturant
  8. nurturants
  9. nurture
  10. nurtured
  11. nurtureless

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