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nurturance
[nur-cher-uhns]
noun
warm and affectionate physical and emotional support and care.
Other Word Forms
- nurturant adjective
- nonnurturant adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of nurturance1
Example Sentences
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.
Van Gogh had unchained it from its age-old funereal associations and reinvented it as a tour de force of emotional connection and nurturance.
It even has a name in psychology circles: aggressive nurturance.
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.
The casualties tend to be those people who lack such nurturance and access.
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