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Meaning of antimaternal | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

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

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.

See also

antimatrimonial antimatroidal antimeasles antimeat antimechanistic antimechanization