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nurturance

[nur-cher-uhns]

noun

  1. warm and affectionate physical and emotional support and care.



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Other Word Forms

  • nurturant adjective
  • nonnurturant adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of nurturance1

First recorded in 1935–40; nurture + -ance
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Example Sentences

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This allows conservatives to both police people’s gender performance while also reassuring themselves that women with leadership qualities are “born” male, and men who display nurturance are “actually” female.

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Van Gogh had unchained it from its age-old funereal associations and reinvented it as a tour de force of emotional connection and nurturance.

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It even has a name in psychology circles: aggressive nurturance.

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Although “The Wonder” is a different kind of captivity narrative, it too turns on trauma and nurturance — the care and feeding of children — and presents maternity as both an act of independence and of salvation.

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The casualties tend to be those people who lack such nurturance and access.

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