n04872958
| type | n |
| lex_filenum | 07 |
| def | the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother |
| examples | the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children |
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| Hypernym | parental quality |
| Derivationally related form | maternity → maternal |
| Derivationally related form | maternalism → maternalistic |
| Derivationally related form | motherliness → motherly |
| Attribute | maternal |
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| Attribute | maternal |
| Derivationally related form | maternal → maternity |
| Derivationally related form | maternalistic → maternalism |
| Derivationally related form | motherly → motherliness |
| Hyponym | parental quality |
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