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
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In the 1940s, Freudian analysts told infertile women that lurking antimaternal thoughts made them sterile.
Archive 2007-09-01 GreenFertility 2007
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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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