Dictionary

nurturance en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈnəːtʃəɹəns/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English nurture Latin -ns Latin -āns Latin -ia Latin -āntia Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English nurturance From nurture + -ance.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The provision of physical and emotional care.
   • Rousseauist responsiveness and nurturance automatically flip over into their opposites. 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of supporting, fostering.
   • The colossal stupidity of the one-party strategy has had three disastrous effects: the nurturance of right-wing Republican homophobes, the weakening and silencing of pro-gay, progressive Republicans, and the allowance of lacklustrer, liberal Democrats to exploit us at their will and ignore us at their convenience. 1991 February 4, David Lafontaine, Patrick Ward, “Why Our Future Is In The GOP”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 28, page 5:

Forms

Translations (5)

de liebevolles Kümmern (provision of care) · es crianza (provision of care) · es criación (provision of care) · de Hegung (provision of care) · de mütterliche Umsorgung (provision of care)