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Meaning of "nurturant" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NURTURANT

nurturant  [ˈnɜːtʃərənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NURTURANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nurturant is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES NURTURANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of nurturant in the English dictionary

The definition of nurturant in the dictionary is relating to the fact of taking care of or nurturing, or the ability to do so, in both a physical and emotional manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NURTURANT


adherent
ədˈhɪərənt
Arendt
ˈɛərənt
coherent
kəʊˈhɪərənt
colorant
ˈkʌlərənt
denaturant
diːˈneɪtʃərənt
deodorant
diːˈəʊdərənt
different
ˈdɪfərənt
durant
ˈdjʊərənt
exuberant
ɪɡˈzjuːbərənt
grandparent
ˈɡrænˌpɛərənt
ignorant
ˈɪɡnərənt
incoherent
ˌɪnkəʊˈhɪərənt
inherent
ɪnˈhɪərənt
intolerant
ɪnˈtɒlərənt
irreverent
ɪˈrɛvərənt
parent
ˈpɛərənt
referent
ˈrɛfərənt
refrigerant
rɪˈfrɪdʒərənt
saturant
ˈsætʃərənt
tolerant
ˈtɒlərənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NURTURANT

nurseryman
nurserymen
nursing
nursing auxiliary
nursing bottle
nursing bra
nursing father
nursing home
nursing mother
nursing officer
nursing orderly
nursing sister
nursing studies
nursle
nursling
nurturable
nurtural
nurturance
nurture
nurturer

WORDS THAT END LIKE NURTURANT

au courant
colourant
courant
figurant
fish restaurant
five-star restaurant
floating restaurant
fulgurant
grant
Indian restaurant
insurant
jurant
motorway restaurant
obscurant
pizza restaurant
rant
restaurant
sushi restaurant
vibrant
warrant

Synonyms and antonyms of nurturant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «nurturant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NURTURANT

Find out the translation of nurturant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of nurturant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nurturant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

养育
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nutriente
570 millions of speakers

English

nurturant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

nurturant
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

nurturant
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

для воспитателя
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nurturant
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

nurturant
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nourricier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nurturant
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

fürsorglichen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

nurturant
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

nurturant
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nurturant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nurturant
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

nurturant
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नृत्यांगना
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Besleyici
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nurturant
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nurturant
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

для вихователя
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nurturant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

nurturant
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

koesterende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nurturant
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nurturant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nurturant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NURTURANT»

The term «nurturant» is normally little used and occupies the 142.175 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NURTURANT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nurturant

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NURTURANT»

Discover the use of nurturant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nurturant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Transformational Leader Model, the Nurturant-task Leader ...
H2: The factors of the nurturant–task leader model will predict subordinate performance. H3: The unique local leadership model factors, derived from content analysis of interview data, will predict subordinate performance. Once the validity of ...
Rita Palrecha, 2008
2
Ethical Leadership
From these premise, he argues that a 'nurturant-task' leadership would be more effective in manager- subordinates interaction in Indian organizations. The rationale for his argument is that the nurturant-task leader '... cares for his subordinates ...
Mendonca, Manuel, Kanungo, Rabindra, 2006
3
Father Involvement, Nurturant Fathering, and the ...
The present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between father involvement, nurturant fathering, and the of psychological well-being among young adult women.
Camille C. Petersen, 2007
4
Fathers' Liberation Ethics: A Holistic Ethical Advocacy for ...
INTRODUCTION To become an "active nurturant father" takes a commitment to share equally with the mother in the care of one's child. It takes a desire to be compassionate toward children who may not always be at their best. It takes an ...
Gary Ritner, 1992
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Don't Think of an Elephant!: Know Your Values and Frame the ...
That is, just as nurturance feeds you, heals you, takes care of you, just as a nurturant parent teaches you to be nurturant and allows you to be a moral being, just as you can't get nurturance unless you are close to your parents, just as you must ...
George Lakoff, 2008
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Making Care Count: A Century of Gender, Race, and Paid Care Work
But, importantly, if the divide between spiritual and menial labor is one of the major axes of racial-ethnic and class stratification within reproductive labor, then a focus on nurturant care actually obscures this axis in the context of paid care work.
Mignon Duffy, 2011
7
HUMAR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN PRACTICE: WITH 300 MODELS, ...
Secondly, organizations must identify a selective group of managers who can be exposed to the tactics and behavioural characteristics of change management in the lines of real change leadership profile. NURTURANT TASK LEADER There ...
SRINIVAS R. KANDULA, 2003
8
Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think, Second ...
For this edition, Lakoff adds a preface and an afterword explaining how "moral politics" makes sense of events like the impeachment of Bill Clinton and the 2000 presidential election.
George Lakoff, 2002
9
Feminism and Psychoanalytic Theory
... and girls are initially raised alike to be alternately gentle and nurturant or assertive, following which boys undergo severe initiation ceremonies and claim to forget any feminine-type experiences or reactions (the Iatmul).3 Mead's suggestion, ...
Nancy J. Chodorow
10
Applied Statistics: From Bivariate Through Multivariate ...
The second column in this table,under the heading “Extraction,”tells us the values of the communalities after we make the decision to retain only Component 1. For example,the “after extraction”communality for nurturant in Figure 18.16,h2 ...
Rebecca M. Warner, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NURTURANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nurturant is used in the context of the following news items.
1
THE PUBLIC EYE:Is the Culture War Over?
Most of these Christians do not support the patriarchic family model (they believe in Lakoff's “nurturant parent” model) and therefore support ... «Berkeley Daily Planet, Jul 15»
2
I'm not a hero. I'm just a dad
"Fathers aren't expected to be the care-taking nurturant ones who do the hands-on stuff. The diapers and the food and the clean-up. If they do ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, Jun 15»
3
Will shared parental leave make for a more equal world?
Men will have the power of the world and the nurturant experience, the centrality to their children. Only a fool gives up something present for ... «New Statesman, Jun 15»
4
The Body, Painted And Performed: Feminist Artists Who …
Led by Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro, 28 women made art installations in each of the house's rooms, including “Nurturant Kitchen,” a ... «Neon Tommy, Jun 15»
5
12 Feminist Quotes That Feminists Are Going To Hate
In other words, liberalism defines government as tyrant father but demands it behave as nurturant mother. Feminism has inherited these contradictions. «The Libertarian Republic, Jun 15»
6
Ten things George Lakoff taught me
Cooperation, compromise and the sense of "the commons" are central to the nurturant value system. "Rise all boats." At the core of the ... «rabble.ca, Apr 15»
7
Matriarchy on the March
Women—like females of all mammals—are more nurturant. These widely confirmed biological facts have bothered many feminists, in part ... «Wall Street Journal, Mar 15»
8
Words to win: George Lakoff frames progressive values and …
In contrast, Lakoff argues that liberals place more support in a model of the family, which he calls the "nurturant parent model," based on ... «rabble.ca, Mar 15»
9
Honoring the Dark, Part 3
... Universalist says of Birnbaum's insights: “The incredible mosaics of humankind will be transformed through the nurturant values of the Dark ... «Patheos, Mar 15»
10
These Dolphins Mourn Their Dead
Alves and his colleagues stop short of using the word “grief” in their study, preferring to classify the dolphins' ritual as “nurturant behavior. «Smithsonian, Feb 15»

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