Definition of "mother-love" [mother-love]

• Such affection as is shown by a mother. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Based on a true story, I'm Glad My Mother is Alive is a film about unrequited mother-love gone haywire -- and the price of bad parenting."
• "Assuming that mother-love is some kind of magical thing that solves all problems, addresses every need, etc is one more way our culture asymmetrically burdens women, undervalues the contributions of fathers, privileges the traditional hetero family, and disourages people from creating the kinds of social networks that are often an optimal context for child-rearing."
• "As I said to you privately, I know how you feel (all the more for the words 'wrinkled little scrotum') But I'm banking on the indisputable power of mother-love."