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Definition of Parenthood
1. Noun. The state of being a parent. "To everyone's surprise, parenthood reformed the man"
Definition of Parenthood
1. n. The state of a parent; the office or character of a parent.
Definition of Parenthood
1. Noun. The state of being a parent ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Parenthood
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parenthood
Literary usage of Parenthood
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Family: An Ethnographical and Historical Outline with Descriptive Notes by Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons (1906)
"... HOME EDUCATION AND STAGES OF parenthood THERE are at least three broad stages
in the relationship between parents and offspring which should be noted as ..."
2. The Coming Generation by William Byron Forbush (1912)
"is a reason why it is well if parenthood can come early in life. Most parents
are willing to ... But the weakness of most parenthood is its externalism. ..."
3. The Family: An Ethnographical and Historical Outline with Descriptive Notes by Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons (1908)
"The economic and cultural stages in general to which these types of parenthood
more or less correspond we shall consider more fully later. ..."
4. Training the Boy by William Arch McKeever (1913)
"THE SACREDNESS OF parenthood It is not an easy matter to induce young people
during the courting period to look to the time when they will probably assume ..."
5. Training the Boy by William Arch McKeever (1913)
"He may be told that when this inner call to parenthood comes to one, ...
RESPONSIBILITIES OF parenthood But by far the most profitable training for ..."
6. Karezza: Ethics of Marriage by Alice Bunker Stockham (1896)
"parenthood, the power to perpetuate the life principle, is from the spiritual
side of life. ... parenthood being an expression of creative ..."
7. ... A Child Welfare Symposium: Twenty-five Special Papers Contributed by edited by William Henry Slingerland (1915)
"Full responsibility, with all that it implies, is nothing less than the responsibility
of parenthood. But before dwelling on the significance of state ..."
8. Footnotes to Evolution: A Series of Popular Addresses on the Evolution of Life by David Starr Jordan, Edwin Grant Conklin, Frank Mace McFarland, James Perrin Smith (1898)
"If we can use such terms in relation to a process of Nature, we may say that the
noblest results of evolution are to be found in the altruism of parenthood. ..."
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