nurturance

Examples

• All

• The women had higher scores than the men on empathy and nurturance and lower scores on aggression and assertiveness.

  Academic text (2001)

• Indeed, her role is to supply the affection and nurturance that Popi lacks.

  Academic text (1996)

• There was the matter of family support and nurturance of ability, as well as an individual's drive to excel.

  Academic text (1996)

• You know, when someone like Mary is raised in an environment devoid of nurturance, she needs objects.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The positive effects of pets may be partly due to the fact that they invite nurturance.

  Academic text (1994)

• A significant number of youths described their prior home life as one devoid of nurturance and support.

  Academic text (2004)

• Furthermore, teams emphasize achievement while friendship groups stress the nurturance of intimate relations among a small number of individuals.

  Academic text (1990)

• Specifically, the impact of SES on depression was mediated only by parental nurturance, and only in the female subsample.

  Academic text (2006)

• It can be really, really disorienting and disarming for a child who looks to their parent for nurturance, consistency, safety and warmth.

• Dopamine generates enhanced self-esteem, and oxytocin promotes social bonding and nurturance.

  Academic text (2015)

Synonyms

P

parenting

vsnurturance

206 3.0

To raise and care for children

applies to caring actions for physical and emotional growth beyond children

N

nurture

vsnurturance

2 3.5

Care and encouragement for a child to help them grow

focuses more on physical and emotional support for development

How Nurturing

nurturance

1 8.2

care

∞ 1.0

home care

• Specialized

11 2.8

neglect

100 3.5

Surface Forms

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