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 |
Outgoing links | |
Hypernym | parental quality |
Derivationally related form | maternity → maternal |
Derivationally related form | maternalism → maternalistic |
Derivationally related form | motherliness → motherly |
Attribute | maternal |
Incoming links | |
Attribute | maternal |
Derivationally related form | maternal → maternity |
Derivationally related form | maternalistic → maternalism |
Derivationally related form | motherly → motherliness |
Hyponym | parental quality |
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