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nuclear family

[ noo-klee-er fam-uh-lee, fam lee, nyoo- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a social unit composed of two parents and one or more children. Compare extended family ( def 1 ), immediate family ( def ).

nuclear family

See extended family
sociol anthropol a primary social unit consisting of parents and their offspring Compare extended family

nuclear family

A type of family made up only of parents and their children. ( Compare extended family .)

First recorded in 1945–50

The original work of Bowen was focused on the dynamics within a nuclear family.

The nuclear family always, just like religion, must be destroyed and in its place, the community, collective.

I also never had a positive experience with the nuclear family.

It was one thing to defend family values when there was something like the traditional nuclear family.

His aunt, Lilian, who lives with the nuclear family of three, often served as his back-up dancer.

The nuclear family of the civilization of literacy has been absorbed in the illiterate dynamics of societal functioning.

Within the nuclear family the relationship between husband and wife became a more egalitarian one.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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