nurturance
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- nonnurturant adjective
- nurturant adjective
Etymology
Origin of nurturance
Example Sentences
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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.
From New York Times • May 11, 2023
It even has a name in psychology circles: aggressive nurturance.
From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2023
These campaigns drew upon and reinforced the intimate associations between milk, the Midwestern landscape, and maternal nurturance and child development.
From Slate • Aug. 9, 2021
A bucket brigade of nurturance spanning the heartland — Wisconsin to Ohio to his home in Kentucky.
From Salon • May 9, 2020
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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