Meanings
adjectiveextraparental (not comparable)
- not comparableBeyond the parents.
Although there have always been multiple demands on the limited time of women and there has always been a need for extraparental care, societies have developed many ways of coping.
1994, Patricia P. Olmsted, David P. Weikart, Families Speak, page 368
Origin
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extraparental. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extraparental
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“extraparental.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extraparental. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extraparental,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extraparental.
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