"maternalism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: maternalisms [plural]
Etymology: maternal + -ism Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|maternal|ism}} maternal + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} maternalism (countable and uncountable, plural maternalisms)
  1. The treatment of people in a motherly manner, especially by caring for them as a mother would care for her children. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: motherliness Translations (treatment of people in a motherly manner): 母愛主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 母爱主义 (mǔ'ài zhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 家長主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 家长主义 (jiāzhǎng zhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), äidillisyys (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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