Stepford

/ ˈstɛpˌfəd /

adjective

1. blandly conformist and submissive

   a Stepford employee

noun

1. Stepford wife
   a married woman who submits to her husband's will and is preoccupied by domestic concerns and her own personal appearance

Word History and Origins

Origin of Stepford¹

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

Example Sentences

Nothing says class like a middle-aged woman shaming two teenaged girls on social media for not being Stepford Children!

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Many found this to echo a Stepford Wife mentality of women: Women like stories and language, not impersonal, cold, manly numbers!

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(Netflix, June 1) The Stepford Wives (2004) This so-bad-it's-good Stepford Wives remake is well worth a revisit.

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It's hard to say what's more terrifying—the soulless army of Stepford wives or the dead-eyed Nicole Kidman.

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They are androids—the brainchild of a neighbor who moved to Stepford from Anaheim, where he designed animatronics at Disneyland.

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