breedership
English
Etymology
breeder + -ship
Noun
breedership (uncountable)
- (rare) The role or status of being a breeder.
- 1943, Perry Van Ewing, The Golden Hoof: A Practical Sheep Book, page 228:
- […] it will be far from a real breeding flock, and its productions will never bear the stamp of uniformity, which is one of the distinguishing marks of breedership.
- 2009, Frida Simonstein, Reprogen-Ethics and the Future of Gender, page 144:
- […] no one who engages in heterosexual practices can epistemically rule out the chance of becoming a parent. If this is accepted without protest, then universal breedership justifies the extension of parental obligations to all.
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