nuclear family

nuclear family

n.

A family unit consisting of a mother and father and their children.

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[From nuclear, basic, cardinal, central.]

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nuclear family

Noun

Sociol, anthropol a family consisting only of parents and their offspring

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

nuclear family - a family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partner conjugal family family, household, menage, home, house - a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"

Translations

nuclear family n → familia nuclear

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nuclear family n → famille f nucléaire

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nuclear family nuclear n → Kleinfamilie f, Kernfamilie f

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nuclear family n → famiglia nucleare