Parentism vs. Parent

Parentism and Parent Definitions
Parentism
Discrimination against parents.
Parent
A female person whose egg unites with a sperm or a male person whose sperm unites with an egg, resulting in the conception of a child or the birth of a child.
Parentism
Resentment felt by parents towards people who have chosen not to have children.
Parent
A female person who is pregnant with or gives birth to a child except when someone else has legal rights to the child.
Parent
A person who adopts a child.
Parent
A person who raises a child.
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Parent
An ancestor; a progenitor.
Parent
An organism that produces or generates offspring.
Parent
A guardian; a protector.
Parent
A parent company.
Parent
A source or cause; an origin
Despair is the parent of rebellion.
Parent
To act as a parent to; raise and nurture
"A genitor who does not parent the child is not its parent" (Ashley Montagu).
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Parent
To cause to come into existence; originate.
Parent
To act as a parent.
Parent
One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father.
After both her parents were killed in a forest fire, Sonia was adopted by her aunt and uncle.
Parent
A surrogate parent
Parent
A third person who has provided DNA samples in an IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material
Parent
A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child; a step-parent or adoptive parent.
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Parent
(obsolete) A relative.
Parent
The source or origin of something.
Parent
(biology) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.
Parent
(attributive) Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector.
Parent
A parent company.
Parent
(computing) The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node.
Parent
(physics) The nuclide that decays into a daughter nuclide.
Parent
To act as parent, to raise or rear.
Parent
One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord.
Parent
That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as, idleness is the parent of vice.
Regular industry is the parent of sobriety.
Parent
A father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
Parent
Bring up;
Raise a family
Bring up children