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.