trad
Britishnoun
adjective
Example Sentences
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A new study published in Psychology of Women Quarterly shows that young men who favor the trad lifestyle don’t honor and cherish tradwives — they hold them in contempt.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
Plus, she has a trad wife thing going on, emphasizing her deference to her husband’s decisions.
From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026
“I’m not a trad wife influencer,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
Nor do I think that the failure of “And Just Like That” has anything to do with the current political climate or the rise of the trad wife or whatever hot takes seem handy.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025
I could see them now and then, leaping over old logs, tearing through the underbrash, sniffing and searching for the lost trad.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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