stepfamily

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Etymology

From step- +‎ family.

Noun

stepfamily (plural stepfamilies)

  1. Any family having one or more stepchildren or stepparents.
    Synonym: blended family
    Hyponyms: stepparent, stepfather, stepmother, stepsibling, stepbrother, stepsister
    • 1998 February 10, Jane E. Brody, “Genetic Ties May Be Factor In Violence in Stepfamilies”, in The New York Times‎:
      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.
    • 2006 May 17, Po Bronson, “Are Stepparents Real Parents?”, in Time‎:
      Meanwhile, thanks to the huge number of second marriages, a third of all Americans are part of a stepfamily.
  2. The family of one's stepfather or stepmother; those immediate family members not related by blood.

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