Meanings
verbmaternalize (third-person singular simple present maternalizes, present participle maternalizing, simple past and past participle maternalized)
present singular third person maternalizes · participle present maternalizing · participle past maternalized · past maternalized
- transitiveTo make maternal.
Women's professional status is frequently mediated by overt efforts to "beautify" or maternalize them, or both.
2003, Rory Cooke Dicker, Alison Piepmeier, Catching a Wave: Reclaiming Feminism for the 21st Century
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APA
maternalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maternalize
MLA
“maternalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maternalize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maternalize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maternalize.
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