Researchers are finding that the incidence of violence and abuse is vastly greater in stepfamilies than in traditional families in which the children are biologically related to both parents and to one other.
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Stepfamily
Synonyms for "stepfamily" (1 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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10 entriesTranslations
13 translations across 10 languages.
Breton
1 entries- familh adframmet noun (a family having stepchildren or stepparents)
Catalan
1 entries- família reconstituïda noun (a family having stepchildren or stepparents)
Dutch
2 entries- samengesteld gezin noun (a family having stepchildren or stepparents)
- stiefgezin noun (the family of one's stepparent)
French
1 entries- famille recomposée noun (a family having stepchildren or stepparents)
German
2 entries- Stieffamilie noun (a family having stepchildren or stepparents)
- Stieffamilie noun (the family of one's stepparent)
Italian
1 entries- famiglia ricomposta noun (a family having stepchildren or stepparents)
Polish
1 entries- przybrana rodzina noun (a family having stepchildren or stepparents)
Slovene
1 entries- krušna družina noun (a family having stepchildren or stepparents)
Spanish
1 entries- familia reconstituida noun (a family having stepchildren or stepparents)
Swedish
2 entries- styvfamilj noun (a family having stepchildren or stepparents)
- styvfamilj noun (the family of one's stepparent)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Meanwhile, thanks to the huge number of second marriages, a third of all Americans are part of a stepfamily.
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