Nurturant
/ˈnəːtʃəɹənt/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 That which nurtures; a nurturing factor or influence.
"By removing one or another aspect from an organism's visual environment, one can determine the essential visual nurturants. The latter are then considered the basic visual-environmental determinants of the development of visual perception."
Adjective
- 1 That provides nourishment; nurturing.
"Go to readings, read books like this anthology, read the publications, become nurturant and enriched and educated about what's going on around them, form writing support groups."
Adjective
- 1 providing physical and emotional care and nourishment wordnet
Example
More examples"Go to readings, read books like this anthology, read the publications, become nurturant and enriched and educated about what's going on around them, form writing support groups."
Etymology
From nurture + -ant.