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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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
Suffice to say that Wilde and Silberman have conceived what often plays like a Palm Springs-shot derivation of “The Stepford Wives,” or perhaps an old Douglas Sirk melodrama by way of “The Truman Show.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2022
“You’re out here on the Levin, aren’t you? Stepford Wives?”
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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