stepford
World English Dictionary
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| —adj | |
| 1. | blandly conformist and submissive: a Stepford employee |
| —n | |
| 2. | Stepford wife a married woman who submits to her husband's will and is preoccupied by domestic concerns and her own personal appearance |
| [C20: from The Stepford Wives (1972), a book by US writer Ira Levin which depicted a neighbourhood in which men turn their wives into placid and obedient robots] | |
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| Main Entry: | Stepford |
| Part of Speech: | adj |
| Definition: | pertaining to a person with a conforming and compliant attitude, much like a robot |
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