Stepfamily
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Stepfamily is a noun meaning Any family having one or more stepchildren or stepparents.
Meaning
Any family having one or more stepchildren or stepparents.
More Meanings
- The family of one's stepfather or stepmother; those immediate family members not related by blood.
Example Sentences
Meanwhile, thanks to the huge number of second marriages, a third of all Americans are part of a stepfamily.
Researchers are finding that the incidence of violence and abuse is vastly greater in stepfamilies than in traditional families in which the children are biologically related to both parents and to one other.
Word Forms
- stepfamilies
- step family
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include steprelationship, steprelation, step-sibling, stepsibling, stepfatherhood, step-parent.
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