antimaternal

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adjective

Having characteristics opposite those associated with maternity

“an antimaternal antibody”

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Meanings

adjectiveantimaternal (comparative more antimaternal, superlative most antimaternal)

comparative more antimaternal · superlative most antimaternal

  1. Having characteristics opposite those associated with maternity

    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.

    2007, Jill Rudd, Val Gough, Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Optimist Reformer, →ISBN, page 207
  2. immunologyPertaining to an immune response against the mother

    an antimaternal antibody

Origin

From anti- + maternal.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Portuguese antimaternal, antimaterno
  • antimaternalhaving characteristics opposite those associated with maternity
  • antimaternohaving characteristics opposite those associated with maternity
Cite this entry
APA

antimaternal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antimaternal

MLA

“antimaternal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antimaternal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antimaternal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antimaternal.

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