maternalize

English

Etymology

From maternal +‎ -ize.

Verb

maternalize (third-person singular simple present maternalizes, present participle maternalizing, simple past and past participle maternalized)

1. (transitive) To make maternal.
   • 2003, Rory Cooke Dicker, Alison Piepmeier, Catching a Wave: Reclaiming Feminism for the 21st Century:

     Women's professional status is frequently mediated by overt efforts to "beautify" or maternalize them, or both.