Antimaternal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Antimaternal is an adjective meaning Having characteristics opposite those associated with maternity.
Meaning
Having characteristics opposite those associated with maternity.
More Meanings
- (immunology) Pertaining to an immune response against the mother
Example Sentences
an antimaternal antibody
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include matriclinous, maternal, maternalistic, maternofoetal, maternall, matrescent.
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