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Meaning of antimaternal | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Having characteristics opposite those associated with maternity
  2. Pertaining to an immune response against the mother

Equivalents

Português antimaternal antimaterno

Examples

“The eponymous "Unnatural Mother," for one, certainly seems to show⟳ an antimaternal rather than a maternal reflex when she rapidly and automatically acts to save⟳ her town rather than her own⟳ child.”
“an antimaternal antibody”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

antimatrimonial antimatroidal antimeasles antimeat antimechanistic antimechanization

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