Stepford
Britishadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Stepford
C20: from The Stepford Wives (1972), a book by US writer Ira Levin which depicted a neighbourhood in which men turn their wives into placid and obedient robots
Example Sentences
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I felt like there were a lot of classic genre echoes in “A Better World” — Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery,” Ira Levin’s “The Stepford Wives” and “Rosemary’s Baby,” even Aldous Huxley’s “1984.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2024
Its staff will forgo scrubs for bespoke costumes resembling clerics or Stepford wives.
From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
Think “The Stepford Wives” meets “The Hunger Games” meets “Cabin in the Woods.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
The Telegraph disagreed, however, awarding it four stars while being positive about the "hints of Stepford in this citrus-sharp psychological thriller".
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2022
I am going mad having meetings on Ira Levin’s The Stepford Wives, which I am adapting for the Silver Screen.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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