philoprogenitive
Americanadjective
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producing offspring, especially abundantly; prolific.
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of, relating to, or characterized by love for offspring, especially one's own.
adjective
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fond of children
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producing many offspring
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of philoprogenitive
First recorded in 1860–65; philo- + progenitive
Example Sentences
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Moreover, with advances in the technology of human fertilisation, fortysomethings are now able to reproduce themselves – which accounts for the creepily philoprogenitive group on the riverside at Mortlake.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 1, 2019
So over the red clay roads of his 20-mile district, Dr. Newman drives day & night, sometimes with his pretty, brown-eyed wife beside him, delivering the amazingly numerous offspring of his philoprogenitive constituents.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the philoprogenitive pressure of its sociological molecules will undo it in the end.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its author, John F. Kennedy, 23, who was graduated as an honor student from Harvard this June, is the second son of America's philoprogenitive Ambassador to Britain, Joseph P. Kennedy.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is the root of that higher altruism which, apart from the philoprogenitive instinct, produces desire for the happiness of others and reluctance to inflict pain upon them.
From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by C. M. Williams
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