antimaternal

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ maternal.

Adjective

antimaternal (comparative more antimaternal, superlative most antimaternal)

1. Having characteristics opposite those associated with maternity
   • 2007, Jill Rudd, Val Gough, Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Optimist Reformer‎^[1], →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.

2. (immunology) Pertaining to an immune response against the mother

   an antimaternal antibody

Translations

having characteristics opposite those associated with maternity

• Portuguese: antimaternal, antimaterno

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• antimaterno

Etymology

From anti- +‎ maternal.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.ma.teʁˈnaw/ [ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.ma.teɦˈnaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.ma.teʁˈnaw/ [ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.ma.teɦˈnaʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.ma.teɾˈnaw/ [ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.ma.teɾˈnaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.ma.teʁˈnaw/ [ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.ma.teʁˈnaʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.ma.teɻˈnaw/ [ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.ma.teɻˈnaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.ti.mɐ.tɨɾˈnal/ [ˌɐ̃.ti.mɐ.tɨɾˈnaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.ti.mɐ.tɨɾˈnal/ [ˌɐ̃.ti.mɐ.tɨɾˈnaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.ti.mɐ.tɨɾˈna.li/

Adjective

antimaternal m or f (plural antimaternais)

1. antimaternal (having characteristics opposite those associated with maternity)