Associations to the word «Maternalism»

Wiktionary

MATERNALISM, noun. The treatment of people in a motherly manner, especially by caring for them as a mother would care for her children.

Dictionary definition

MATERNALISM, noun. 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".
MATERNALISM, noun. Motherly care; behavior characteristic of a mother; the practice of acting as a mother does toward her children.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King