Definitions

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  • adjective Having characteristics opposite those associated with maternity
  • adjective immunology Pertaining to an immune response against the mother

Etymologies

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anti- +‎ maternal

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Examples

  • In the 1940s, Freudian analysts told infertile women that lurking antimaternal thoughts made them sterile.

    Archive 2007-09-01 GreenFertility 2007

  • In the 1940s, Freudian analysts told infertile women that lurking antimaternal thoughts made them sterile.

    Newsflash! Stress Affects Fertility! GreenFertility 2007

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