family values

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Political and social beliefs that hold the traditional nuclear family to be the essential ethical and moral unit of society.
  2. Right-wing values like patriarchy and opposition to gay marriage, family planning and legal abortion, and to feminism and women working outside the home.

Word forms

family values

Derived words

Translations

Finnish: perhearvot German: Familienwerte Hungarian: családi értékek Romanian: valoarea familiei Russian: семе́йные це́нности
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