Meaning & use
philoprogenitiveness
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A strong love of one's offspring or a natural inclination to produce children.
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The phrenologists of the era claimed to measure philoprogenitiveness by the shape of the skull.
Her philoprogenitiveness was evident in the warmth with which she doted on her many grandchildren.
A note on using this word
Coined within the pseudoscience of phrenology, this rare word survives mainly in older texts as a striking example of Victorian scientific vocabulary.
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parental love
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