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English
Etymology
From anti- + maternal.
Adjective
antimaternal (comparative more antimaternal, superlative most antimaternal)
- Having characteristics opposite those associated with maternity
2007, Jill Rudd, Val Gough, Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Optimist Reformer, →ISBN, page 207: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.
- (immunology) Pertaining to an immune response against the mother
- an antimaternal antibody
Translations
having characteristics opposite those associated with maternity
Portuguese
Etymology
From anti- + maternal.
Pronunciation
Adjective
antimaternal m or f (plural antimaternais)
- antimaternal (having characteristics opposite those associated with maternity)