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nurturance Psychol.|ˈnɜːtjʊərəns|
[f. nurture v. + -ance.]
Emotional and physical nourishment and care.
1938H. A. Murray Explorations in Personality ii. 83 Nurturance,..to nourish, aid or protect... To express sympathy. To ‘mother’ a child. 1957E. R. Hilgard Introd. Psychol. (ed. 2) vi. 134/2 Scales were designed to get at nurturance (i.e., the mother's care in feeding). 1964Cofer & Appley Motivation xiv. 719 Someone else may help or sympathize with him, that is, he may receive nurturance from another. 1973Jrnl. Genetic Psychol. June 185 A wide spectrum of 15 personality dimensions (e.g. need achievement, nurturance, dominance, aggression). 1974Nature 9 Aug. 466/1 Warm and outgoing students (high on nurturance) also display a more favourable attitude. |