Archie Bunker

noun

1. a poorly educated blue-collar worker, holding ultraconservative, racist, and male-chauvinist opinions.

Bunker, Archie

1. The central character in the 1970s television comedy series “All in the Family.” Bunker's family appreciated and loved him, even though he was bad tempered, ill informed, and highly prejudiced against virtually all minority groups.

Notes

The creators of “All in the Family” intended Archie Bunker to be a parody of closed-mindedness in Americans. To their surprise, many people in the United States adopted Bunker as their hero.

Other Words From

• Archie Bunker·ism [buhng, -k, uh, -riz-, uh, m], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Archie Bunker¹

From a character in the American television series “All in the Family” which premiered in 1971

Example Sentences

The five images revealed an older house with a sea view from the deck, a one-person kitchen, and ’70s furnishings that would make Edith and Archie Bunker feel at home.

From Washington Post

They issued an All in the Family record, sold T-shirts, beer mugs, and the books The Wit and Wisdom of Archie Bunker and Edith Bunker’s All in the Family Cookbook, with recipes for quick-drop biscuits and orange barbecued chicken.

From Time

He is a fun person but also an ill-informed, foolish, Archie Bunker type sometimes.

From Washington Post

Like Archie Bunker, they long for the days when “girls were girls and men were men.”

From Vox

Norman Lear had a crisis while filming All in the Family about people genuinely taking Archie Bunker as a role model.

From The Daily Beast

Koch backed the death penalty, wasn't above a little Archie Bunker-ish lingua franca to get his point across.

From The Daily Beast

But in simpler terms this is Darth Vader against Archie Bunker.

From The Daily Beast