"Stepford wife" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From the 1972 novel The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin (adapted into a 1975 film of the same name), in which a woman moves to the fictional town of Stepford, Connecticut and discovers its eerily docile housewives are android replacements.",
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      "form": "Stepford wives",
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        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Deppford wife"
        },
        {
          "word": "Stepford"
        },
        {
          "word": "Stepfordian"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1995, Regina Barreca, Perfect Husbands & Other Fairy Tales): Demystifying Marriage, Men, And Romance, page 214",
          "text": "Parroting back her husband’s words, by the end of the play, Kate sounds either like a brainwashed member of a bizarre religious cult or a Stepford wife, a woman whose personality has been wiped out and replaced by one more acceptable to her husband.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Mollie Molay, An Engagement of Convenience, page 210",
          "text": "\"You can't just sit there and tell me you want Lili to become a 'Stepford wife' at your beck and call. […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Na'ima B. Robert, From My Sisters' Lips: A Unique Celebration of Muslim Womanhood, page 272",
          "text": "So that prompted me to ask the question: isn’t the ideal Muslim wife in actual fact a Stepford Wife?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A woman who unquestioningly submits to and serves her male partner, and/or does not seem to have interests, wishes, or pursuits of her own."
      ],
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          "submit",
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          "serve",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory) A woman who unquestioningly submits to and serves her male partner, and/or does not seem to have interests, wishes, or pursuits of her own."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Stepford Wife"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
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        "Ira Levin",
        "The Stepford Wives",
        "The Stepford Wives (1975 film)"
      ]
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  "word": "Stepford wife"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Deppford wife"
    },
    {
      "word": "Stepford"
    },
    {
      "word": "Stepfordian"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the 1972 novel The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin (adapted into a 1975 film of the same name), in which a woman moves to the fictional town of Stepford, Connecticut and discovers its eerily docile housewives are android replacements.",
  "forms": [
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        {
          "ref": "1995, Regina Barreca, Perfect Husbands & Other Fairy Tales): Demystifying Marriage, Men, And Romance, page 214",
          "text": "Parroting back her husband’s words, by the end of the play, Kate sounds either like a brainwashed member of a bizarre religious cult or a Stepford wife, a woman whose personality has been wiped out and replaced by one more acceptable to her husband.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Mollie Molay, An Engagement of Convenience, page 210",
          "text": "\"You can't just sit there and tell me you want Lili to become a 'Stepford wife' at your beck and call. […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Na'ima B. Robert, From My Sisters' Lips: A Unique Celebration of Muslim Womanhood, page 272",
          "text": "So that prompted me to ask the question: isn’t the ideal Muslim wife in actual fact a Stepford Wife?",
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        }
      ],
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        "A woman who unquestioningly submits to and serves her male partner, and/or does not seem to have interests, wishes, or pursuits of her own."
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        "(derogatory) A woman who unquestioningly submits to and serves her male partner, and/or does not seem to have interests, wishes, or pursuits of her own."
      ],
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        "derogatory"
      ],
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        "Ira Levin",
        "The Stepford Wives",
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Stepford Wife"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Stepford wife"
}