Antimaternal
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 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."
- 2 Pertaining to an immune response against the mother
"an antimaternal antibody"
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From anti- + maternal.
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