STEPFORD WIFE


Meaning of STEPFORD WIFE in English

/ ˌstepfəd ˈwaɪf; NAmE -fərd/ noun

a woman who does not behave or think in an independent way, always following the accepted rules of society and obeying her husband without thinking :

She's gradually turning into a Stepford wife.

ORIGIN: From the title of the book and film / movie The Stepford Wives , in which a group of women who behave in this way are in fact robots.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.