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Definition of Stepford wife noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Stepford wife

noun
 
/ˈstepfəd waɪf/
 
/ˈstepfərd waɪf/
(disapproving)
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  1. a woman who does not behave or think in an independent way, always following the accepted rules of society and obeying her husband without thinking
    • She's gradually turning into a Stepford wife.
    Word OriginFrom the title of the book and film The Stepford Wives, in which a group of women who behave in this way are in fact robots.
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