nurturant
UK/ˈnəːtʃəɹənt/
nurturant adjective: that provides nourishment; nurturing.
Adjective
nurturant (comparative more nurturant, superlative most nurturant)
- That provides nourishment; nurturing.
- Go to readings, read books like this anthology, read the publications, become nurturant and enriched and educated about what's going on around them, form writing support groups.1981 August 1, Maida Tilchen, Joan Larkin, Elly Bulkin, “Getting to Know Who We Are: The Lesbian Poetry Tradition”, in Gay Community News, page 9
- In other words, liberalism defines government as tyrant father but demands it behave as nurturant mother.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae
Noun
nurturant (plural nurturants)
- That which nurtures; a nurturing factor or influence.
- By removing one or another aspect from an organism's visual environment, one can determine the essential visual nurturants. The latter are then considered the basic visual-environmental determinants of the development of visual perception.1975, Austin Herbert Riesen, The developmental neuropsychology of sensory deprivation, page 171
Forms of nurturant
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more nurturant |
| superlative | most nurturant |
| Noun | |
| plural | nurturants |
Origin of nurturant
From nurture + -ant.
Questions about nurturant
- What does nurturant mean?
- Nurturant means that provides nourishment; nurturing.
- What part of speech is nurturant?
- Nurturant can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce nurturant?
- Nurturant is pronounced /ˈnəːtʃəɹənt/ (UK).
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