ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Nurturant

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈnəːtʃəɹənt/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Nurturant is an adjective meaning (psychology) That provides nourishment; nurturing.

Meaning

(psychology) That provides nourishment; nurturing.

More Meanings

  1. That which nurtures; a nurturing factor or influence.

Example Sentences

In other words, liberalism defines government as tyrant father but demands it behave as nurturant mother.
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.
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.

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Related dictionary entries include nourishing, nutritive, nutrient, alimentative, nutritious, nourished.

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