Definitions
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- adjective That
nurtures
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- adjective providing physical and emotional care and nourishment
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Examples
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"nurturant" learning and playing experiences, such as reading with your child, and the facilities needed are free in most neighbourhoods.
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"nurturant" learning and playing experiences, such as reading with your child, and the facilities needed are free in most neighbourhoods.
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"nurturant" learning and playing experiences, such as reading with your child, and the facilities needed are free in most neighbourhoods.
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He views "strict-father morality" as the basis of conservative politics and "nurturant-parent" morality as the basis of liberal politics.
Hard America, Soft America, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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(It seems not to have occurred to lots of our readers that there are many Americans who don't want to be nurturant Earth mother types.)
David Roberts: Introducing 'Climate Hawks' David Roberts 2010
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(It seems not to have occurred to lots of our readers that there are many Americans who don't want to be nurturant Earth mother types.)
David Roberts: Introducing 'Climate Hawks' David Roberts 2010
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(It seems not to have occurred to lots of our readers that there are many Americans who don't want to be nurturant Earth mother types.)
David Roberts: Introducing 'Climate Hawks' David Roberts 2010
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(It seems not to have occurred to lots of our readers that there are many Americans who don't want to be nurturant Earth mother types.)
David Roberts: Introducing 'Climate Hawks' David Roberts 2010
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Friedan wants to "take back" the denigrating images of possessive, manipulating Jewish mothers spooning out chicken soup to control their children's lives and show Jewish women as strong, energetic, and nurturant as they have been throughout history.
"Betty Friedan, Feminism, and Jewish Identity", from Joyce Antler, The Journey Home... 2010
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If we make a nurturant woman's workplace more friendly but not her partner's, it means the woman is always being flexible, always ceding her own wishes, because it is more permissive in her workplace.
Women in Science Roundup: November 15 Peggy 2008
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