Maternalize

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make maternal. transitive

    "Women's professional status is frequently mediated by overt efforts to "beautify" or maternalize them, or both."

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"Women's professional status is frequently mediated by overt efforts to "beautify" or maternalize them, or both."

Etymology

From maternal + -ize.

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