Tradwife

//ˈtɹæd.waɪf// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A wife who fulfills a traditional gender role based on Western middle-class femininity of the mid twentieth century. slang

    "Ms. Jorgenson is being interviewed on Radio 3Fourteen, a white supremacist talk radio program; it is interviewing her because she considers herself a tradwife."

Example

More examples

"If being a "tradwife" was so fulfilling and appealing, more freedom wouldn't lead to fewer women doing it."

Etymology

From trad (“traditional”) + wife.

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