English Explanatory Dictionary

Stepford wife

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A woman who unquestioningly submits to and serves her male partner, and/or does not seem to have interests, wishes, or pursuits of her own.

Word forms

Stepford wife Stepford wives

Etymology

From the 1972 novel The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin (adapted into a 1975 film of the same name), in which a woman moves to the fictional town of Stepford, Connecticut and discovers its eerily docile housewives are android replacements.

Derived words

Deppford wife Stepford Stepfordian
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