nurturant
English
Etymology
From nurture + -ant.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnəːtʃəɹənt/
Adjective
nurturant (comparative more nurturant, superlative most nurturant)
- (psychology) That provides nourishment; nurturing. [from 20th c.]
- 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
- In other words, liberalism defines government as tyrant father but demands it behave as nurturant mother.
- 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
Related terms
- nurturance
Noun
nurturant (plural nurturants)
- That which nurtures; a nurturing factor or influence.
- 1975, Austin Herbert Riesen, The developmental neuropsychology of sensory deprivation (page 171)
- By removing one or another aspect from an organism's visual environment, one can determine the essential visual nurturants. The latter are then considered the basic visual-environmental determinants of the development of visual perception.
- 1975, Austin Herbert Riesen, The developmental neuropsychology of sensory deprivation (page 171)