The Emergence Machine

Mother

relation · kinship · Level 10 · E6

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

The mother is a person who, through the process of reproduction, gives rise to and nurtures a child, thereby establishing a fundamental relationship that shapes the child's development and identity, and in turn, is shaped by the child's growth and needs.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “mother” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “mother”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
mother
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L6L2L1L0MotherChildBirthFamilyPersonBodyGroupReproduction… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesDescentL11MatriarchyL11MatrilinealL11MotherL10ReproductionL6ChildL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Reproduction L6 (requires)
    Motherhood originates from biological reproduction
  • Child L9 (requires)
    The mother-child relationship is fundamental to the concept

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