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Meaning of "unmaternal" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF UNMATERNAL

ˌʌnməˈtɜːnəl


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNMATERNAL

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

WHAT DOES UNMATERNAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unmaternal in the English dictionary

The definition of unmaternal in the dictionary is not typical of a mother or not characteristically kind and caring like a mother.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNMATERNAL

asternal · coeternal · colonel · diuturnal · episternal · eternal · eviternal · external · fraternal · hesternal · internal · journal · kernel · maternal · nocturnal · paternal · sempiternal · sternal · substernal · ternal

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNMATERNAL

unmarked · unmarketable · unmarred · unmarriable · unmarriageable · unmarried · unmarried mother · unmarry · unmasculine · unmask · unmasker · unmastered · unmatchable · unmatched · unmated · unmaterial · unmathematical · unmatriculated · unmatted · unmatured

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNMATERNAL

bimaternal · carnal · cisternal · confraternal · contubernal · cothurnal · diurnal · hibernal · hodiernal · house journal · semidiurnal · supernal · tarnal · trade journal · urnal · vernal

Synonyms and antonyms of unmaternal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unmaternal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNMATERNAL

Find out the translation of unmaternal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of unmaternal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unmaternal» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

unmaternal
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

poco maternal
570 millions of speakers
en

English

unmaternal
510 millions of speakers
hi

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unmaternal
380 millions of speakers
ar

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unmaternal
280 millions of speakers
ru

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unmaternal
278 millions of speakers
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unmaternal
270 millions of speakers
bn

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unmaternal
260 millions of speakers
fr

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unmaternal
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Bersahaja
190 millions of speakers
de

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unmaternal
180 millions of speakers
ja

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unmaternal
130 millions of speakers
ko

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unmaternal
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Unmaternal
85 millions of speakers
vi

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unmaternal
80 millions of speakers
ta

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unmaternal
75 millions of speakers
mr

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अनैतिक
75 millions of speakers
tr

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unmaternal
70 millions of speakers
it

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unmaternal
65 millions of speakers
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unmaternal
50 millions of speakers
uk

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unmaternal
40 millions of speakers
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unmaternal
30 millions of speakers
el

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unmaternal
15 millions of speakers
af

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unmaternal
14 millions of speakers
sv

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unmaternal
10 millions of speakers
no

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unmaternal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unmaternal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNMATERNAL»

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNMATERNAL»

Discover the use of unmaternal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unmaternal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Poems of Shelley: Volume Four: 1820-1821
... plumes of thought, in which arrayed It over-soared this low and worldly shade, Lie shattered; and thy panting, wounded breast Stains with dear blood its unmaternal nest! I weep vain tears: blood would less bitter be, 4. Cp. Fiordispina l . 130.
Michael Rossington, Jack Donovan, Kelvin Everest, 2014
2
African American Women Playwrights Confront Violence: A ...
In a most unnatural and unmaternal way, Ruby/Willeta tells her son that he should have left town before he started all of this misery when he asks her to help him escape. Blaming Job for demanding his civil rights, she savagely assures him ...
Patricia A. Young, 2012
3
The Motherless State: Women's Political Leadership and ...
When Margaret Thatcher was prime minister of Great Britain, she did some characteristically unfeminine and unmaternal things. She attempted to dismantle the British welfare state, thereby acting in a decidedly unmaternal way. In addition, the ...
Eileen McDonagh, 2009
4
Unmanning Modernism: Gendered Re-readings
With its ambiguous references to the "breast / That throbs with flight," the desire " for other plavfellows," and the "unmaternal fondness" that characterizes her "alien eyes," the poem illustrates well the anxiety about the sexuality of the mother (in ...
Elizabeth Jane Harrison, Shirley Peterson, 1997
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When Sex Changed: Birth Control Politics and Literature ...
Comparing Clarissa with Sally as Sally converses about her sons and her garden , Peter thinks, “Now all that Clarissa had escaped, unmaternal as she was” (190). Clarissa herself is not immune to the changes of time, as references to her age ...
Layne Parish Craig, 2013
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Becoming a Woman of Letters: Myths of Authorship and Facts ...
The child not yet is lulled to rest. Too young a nurse, the slender Night So laxly holds him to her breast That throbs with flight. He plays with her and will not sleep . For other playfellows she sighs; An unmaternal fondness keep Her alien eyes.
Linda H. Peterson, 2009
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Motherhood in Black and White: Race and Sex in American ...
Experts no longer labeled women dangerous, bad, unwomanly, and unmaternal simply because they tried to wield power in the public sphere. Now experts criticized women and labeled them bad mothers because of their behavior in the  ...
Ruth Feldstein, 2000
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Social Theory and Practice
Take maternal and unmaternal responses. Well-established research by David Lack on swallows, robins, and other birds suggests that naturally sound birds are neither purely maternal nor purely unmaternal.18 The idea that a purely ...
‎2006
9
Victorian Women Poets: Writing Against the Heart
The last two lines then confirm, with the force of an imperative, this 'unmaternal fondness' with its 'alien eyes'. The slip of reference through several registers: nurse, Night, lover, mother, makes this jolting 'Cradle-Song' oddly devious and ...
Angela Leighton, 1992
10
Ebony
Ruby, a youthful, rather unmaternal-looking mother in her 30s, believes with her husband that their common goals and sharing of similar interests has greatly strengthened their marriage. "Ours is a creative relationship," she says proudly.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNMATERNAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unmaternal is used in the context of the following news items.
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Speaking as a mother, I think the idea that mothers make better …
There are online debates as to why the “unmaternal” Hillary Clinton only had one child and as to whether her career was more important to her than motherhood ... «New Statesman, Jul 15»
2
Daily Beast Critic: 'Jurassic World' Has 'Backward Sexual Politics'
Claire is so careerist, unfeeling, and apparently “unmaternal” that she clacks her heels around barking orders in bangs and a white pantsuit, and when her two ... «NewsBusters, Jun 15»
3
Jurassic World sexism – are the claims justified?
Following Bryce Dallas Howard as Claire Dearing, a career-hungry and “unmaternal” park operations manager alongside Chris Pratt's laid back Velociraptor ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
4
Liberal Claim That Jurassic World Is Sexist Is Hilarious
... Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard), the park operations manager, is the main character and that “Claire is so careerist, unfeeling, and apparently 'unmaternal' that ... «The Federalist, Jun 15»
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Author Katha Pollitt Claims "Abortion is Part of Being a Mother"
Part of being a mother is to NOT be a mother by doing the most unmaternal act of having one's child eliminated? Caring for children consists in killing them? «Aleteia, Oct 14»
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Hip-Hop Rumors: Is Joseline Faking Her Pregnancy?
Joseline showed up to ATL Live On the Park event dressed in very unmaternal attire. In one photo, Stevie J and singer Johnny Gill covered Joseline's abdomen ... «AllHipHop, Oct 14»
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Cute tiny tots steal the hearts at NAIDOC show
EVEN the most unmaternal woman couldn't have helped letting out some oohs and aahs at the NAIDOC baby show. Yesterday more than 50 children were ... «Rockhampton Morning Bulletin, Jul 13»
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Cut female Tory politicians some slack - womanhood isn't weakness
Thatcher's "unmaternal" hardness, her uncompromising, ruthless individualism, are qualities that are completely incompatible with how we, as a society, view ... «New Statesman, Apr 13»
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Russell Brand Remembers Margaret Thatcher as "Unmaternal"
"You could never call Margaret 'Mother' by mistake; for a national matriarch, she was oddly unmaternal. I always felt a bit sorry for her biological children Mark ... «E! Online, Apr 13»
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Secrets and Lies by Christine Keeler with Douglas Thompson: review
Her mother was unmaternal and her stepfather tried it on when young Keeler grew breasts. The early pages read, quite unconsciously, like a manifesto for ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 12»
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