maternalismn.
/məˈtəːnəlɪz(ə)m/, /məˈtəːnl̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /məˈtərnlˌɪzəm/ The attitudes and instincts characteristic of a mother; the natural behaviour of a mother towards her child. Also in extended use.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > motherhood > [noun] > motherly quality
motherlinessa1637
maternality1721
maternalness1727
maternity1804
maternalism1892
1892 San Antonio (Texas) Daily Light 18 Feb. The paternalism of the legislation of Texas is the rankest kind of maternalism and borders hard on old grannyism.
1921 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 29 409 The student gets his principles in the classroom, his practice in the office, and meantime escapes from the apron strings of academic maternalism.
1960 Amer. Lit. 32 192 Fleda's maidenly timidity..contrasts so sharply with her highly developed instinct for maternalism.
1971 H. Guntrip Psychoanal. Theory i. v. 100 These splitting processes begin certainly as soon as the mother's primary maternalism begins to fail the baby.
1987 Church Times 10 Apr. 9/2 Both paternalism and maternalism can take a wrong turning if the attitude includes a desire to keep the other person in a state of dependence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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