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- Madame Ceausescu, known officially as the Best Mother Romania Could Have, was not particularly maternal.†
p. 116.1 *
- Another study has shown that low maternal education is the single most powerful factor leading to criminality.†
p. 139.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(maternal as in: maternal grandmother) relating to a mother; or characteristic of parents -- such as to care for and help to develop
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)