Mother Nature
English
Proper noun
Mother Nature
- A personification of nature as woman, stressing fertility and fecundity. Based upon either goddesses of the earth and nature, Gaia, Rhea, or Demeter.
- Synonym: Mother Earth
- 2020 April 28, Thomas L. Friedman, “Is Sweden Doing It Right?”, in New York Times:
- But when you’re in a struggle with one of Mother Nature’s challenges — like a virus or a climate change — the goal is not to defeat her. No one can. She’s just chemistry, biology and physics. The goal is to adapt.
Translations
the personification of Nature and the Earth's biosphere as a woman
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Further reading
Mother Nature on Wikipedia.Wikipedia