maternalize

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English

Etymology

maternal +‎ -ize

Verb

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  1. (transitive) To make maternal.
    • 2003, Rory Cooke Dicker, Alison Piepmeier, Catching a Wave: Reclaiming Feminism for the 21st Century
      Women's professional status is frequently mediated by overt efforts to "beautify" or maternalize them, or both.