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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The personification of nature as a powerful and nurturing woman.
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- proper noun A
personification ofnature aswoman , stressingfertility andfecundity . Based upon eithergoddesses of the earth and nature,Gaia ,Rhea &/orDemeter .
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In the New Liberal Terms section, I put the term Mother Nature in the list.
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In the New Liberal Terms section, I put the term Mother Nature in the list.
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In the New Liberal Terms section, I put the term Mother Nature in the list.
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In the New Liberal Terms section, I put the term Mother Nature in the list.
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In the New Liberal Terms section, I put the term Mother Nature in the list.
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In the New Liberal Terms section, I put the term Mother Nature in the list.
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In the New Liberal Terms section, I put the term Mother Nature in the list.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] RonLar 2010
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In the New Liberal Terms section, I put the term Mother Nature in the list.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] CathyB 2010
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She had met with the expression Mother Nature in the course of her reading, and for a long time she was in the habit of ascribing to Mother Nature whatever she felt to be beyond the power of man to accomplish.
The Story of My Life Keller, Helen, 1880-1968 1903
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These have always been countered by a response from the system deep ecologists call Mother Nature, Gaia, or simply Planet Earth.
Arthur Rosenfeld: A Deep Reason to Counter Perry and Bachmann Arthur Rosenfeld 2011
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