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- pronunciation:
- p
ren
tl
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
of, relating to, or characteristic of a parent or parents.
Though he had a demanding career, he never neglected his parental responsibilities.- similar words:
- mother
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| related words: |
fatherly, maternal |
adverb + (adj.)parental
negatively
(adj.)parental
+ adverb
positively, significantly
(adj.)parental
+ noun
absence,
abuse,
acceptance,
adolescence,
affection,
alcohol,
alcoholism,
alienation,
anxiety,
approval,
aspiration,
attachment,
attitude,
authority,
autonomy,
behavior,
belief,
bond,
bonding,
care,
characteristic,
child,
choice,
communication,
competence,
concern,
conflict,
consent,
constraint,
control,
criticism,
custody,
depression,
disapproval,
discipline,
discretion,
distress,
divorce,
duty,
education,
efficacy,
employment,
encouragement,
expectation,
guidance,
habit,
household,
income,
influence,
input,
interaction,
intervention,
investment,
involvement,
knowledge,
label,
leave,
locus,
male,
mediation,
minor,
monitoring,
neglect,
notification,
occupation,
offspring,
parent,
participation,
peer,
permission,
preference,
pressure,
psychopathology,
questionnaire,
reaction,
reasoning,
rejection,
responsibility,
responsiveness,
restriction,
right,
role,
scale,
self-esteem,
separation,
sibling,
smoking,
socialization,
status,
stress,
style,
substance,
supervision,
support,
transfer,
trust,
variable,
warmth,
warning,
well-being
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| derivation: |
parentally (adv.) |
The word parental
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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