steprelative

English

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Etymology

From step- +‎ relative.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɛpˌɹɛl.ə.tɪv/
  • Hyphenation: step‧rel‧a‧tive

Noun

steprelative (plural steprelatives)

  1. Any person identified as a non-blood relative but who is related through the marriage of a parent. [from 20th c.]
    Synonym: steprelation
    • 1970, Margaret Mead, “Anomalies in American Postdivorce Relationships” (chapter 5), in Paul Bohannan, editor, Divorce and After, Doubleday & Company, Inc., page 110:
      Psychiatrists continue to struggle with the psychological definitions of the incest taboo, rather than with the social conditions which create the present high incidence of steprelative sex relationships.

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