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maternalism
Nounmaternalism has 2 senses
motherliness, maternalism, maternal quality, maternity - the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother; "the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children" --1is a kind ofparental quality