"nurturant" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈnəːtʃəɹənt/ [UK] Forms: more nurturant [comparative], most nurturant [superlative]
Etymology: From nurture + -ant. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|nurture|ant}} nurture + -ant Head templates: {{en-adj}} nurturant (comparative more nurturant, superlative most nurturant)
  1. (psychology) That provides nourishment; nurturing. Categories (topical): Psychology Related terms: nurturance
    Sense id: en-nurturant-en-adj-NlePcdAT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ant Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ant: 54 46 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

Noun

IPA: /ˈnəːtʃəɹənt/ [UK] Forms: nurturants [plural]
Etymology: From nurture + -ant. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|nurture|ant}} nurture + -ant Head templates: {{en-noun}} nurturant (plural nurturants)
  1. That which nurtures; a nurturing factor or influence.
    Sense id: en-nurturant-en-noun-asOCGVax Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ant Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ant: 54 46

Inflected forms

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