| Pronunciation: | | mu'turnl
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| Matching Terms: | | maternal language, maternal quality, maternal(p), maternal-infant bonding, maternalistic, maternally
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- [adj] relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent; "parental guidance"
- [adj] characteristic of a mother; "warm maternal affection for her guest"- Dorothy Sayers
- [adj] relating to or derived from one's mother; "maternal genes"
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| | Synonyms: | | maternalistic, motherlike, motherly, parental, paternal |
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| | Antonyms: | | filial |
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| | See Also: | | matriarchal |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ma*ter"nal\, a. [F. maternel, L. maternus, fr. mater
mother. See {Mother}.]
Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly;
as, maternal love; maternal tenderness.
Syn: See {Motherly}.
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| | Related Terms: | | adoring, affectionate, ancestorial, ancestral, caring, conjugal, demonstrative, devoted, doting, faithful, fatherlike, fatherly, filial, fond, grandfatherly, grandmotherly, grandparental, husbandly, kind, kindly, languishing, lovelorn, lovesick, lovesome, loving, maternalistic, melting, mother, motherlike, motherly, nurturing, parent, parental, paternal, patriarchal, romantic, sentimental, soft, tender, understanding, uxorious, warm, wifely |
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