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nurturance

American  
[nur-cher-uhns] / ˈnɜr tʃər əns /

noun

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


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Origin of nurturance

First recorded in 1935–40; nurture + -ance

Example Sentences

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

From Salon • Jul. 17, 2021

And when it comes to sociable AI, nurturance is the killer app: We nurture what we love, and we love what we nurture.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2017

Lori Birrell, the university’s historical manuscripts librarian, described Anthony’s nurturance of Avery as “a side of Anthony that we don’t really see in a lot of scholarly work on this movement.”

From New York Times • Dec. 25, 2014

I looked for words resonating with what the Samoans call a child’s aiga—family in the broad sense of all of those supporting a child’s nurturance and well-being.

From Slate • Dec. 14, 2014

After a few days at Hearth- side, I feel the service ethic kick in like a shot of oxytocin, the nurturance hormone.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

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