antimaternal en · ADJ
Etymology
From anti- + maternal.
Meanings
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Having characteristics opposite those associated with maternity
The eponymous "Unnatural Mother," for one, certainly seems to show an antimaternal rather than a maternal reflex when she rapidly and automatically acts to save her town rather than her own child.
2007, Jill Rudd, Val Gough, Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Optimist Reformer, →ISBN, page 207:
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Pertaining to an immune response against the mother
an antimaternal antibody
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most antimaternal | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more antimaternal | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
pt antimaterno (having characteristics opposite those associated with maternity) · pt antimaternal (having characteristics opposite those associated with maternity)