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Definition of Motherhood

1. Noun. The kinship relation between an offspring and the mother.

Definition of Motherhood

1. n. The state of being a mother; the character or office of a mother.

Definition of Motherhood

1. Noun. the state of being a mother ¹

2. Noun. mothers as a group ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Motherhood

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Motherhood

Literary usage of Motherhood

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Women and Economics: A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Mrs Charlotte (Perkins) Stetson Gilman (1898)
"The functions of motherhood have been evolved as naturally as the functions of nutrition, and each stage of development has brought new duties to the mother ..."

2. In this Our World by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1898)
"motherhood : First mere laying of an egg, With blind foreseeing of the wisest ... motherhood: Brooding patient o'er the nest, With gentle stirring of an ..."

3. Problems of Child Welfare by George Benjamin Mangold (1914)
"Costs of motherhood. The subject of births cannot be discussed without reference to the ... On the other hand, the duty of motherhood must not be evaded ..."

4. The Popular Science Monthly (1890)
"IS EDUCATION OPPOSED TO motherhood? IS EDUCATION OPPOSED TO motherhood ? ... Women of the cultivated classes are becoming unfitted for motherhood. III. ..."

5. Mother's Day: Its History, Origin, Celebration, Spirit, and Significance as by Susan Tracy Rice, Robert Haven Schauffler (1915)
"MOTHERS AND motherhood FROM Best Thoughts of Best Thinkers There is a Jewish saying ... The fatherhood of God, the motherhood of nature and the consequent ..."

6. Love and Marriage by Ellen Karolina Sofia Key (1911)
"CHAPTER VI EXEMPTION FROM motherhood To him whose thoughts go beyond the surface of life to its depths, the demand for the right of motherhood is a sign of ..."

7. What a Young Wife Ought to Know by Emma Frances Angell Drake (1902)
"motherhood the Sanction for Wifehood—Effect of Fixed Habits of Mother upon Offspring—Adjustment of Clothing to Expectant motherhood—Importance of Proper ..."

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