tradwife

[trad-wahyf]

noun

1. a married woman who chooses to be a homemaker as a primary occupation and adheres to or embodies traditional femininity and female gender roles, often associated with conservative or alt-right political values.

adjective

1. of or relating to a subculture of women who choose to be homemakers as a primary occupation and adhere to or embody traditional femininity and female gender roles, often associated with conservative or alt-right political values.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tradwife¹

First recorded in 2015–20; trad(itional) ( def. ) + wife ( def. )

Example Sentences

Those circles are all about the “tradwife,” a view that women should not have autonomy but exist to submit to and serve their husbands.

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So yes: A hug and a couple of weird statements are don’t quite justify the widespread speculation that Vance wants to dump his wife to marry someone who better fits the “tradwife” model.

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It’s a nod to Smith’s own social media brand, which has been associated with the widely prevalent “tradwife” movement online — even though Smith herself has rejected the label.

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Fans on TikTok have complained that Swift’s lyrics — which take up her romance with Kelce, the burdens of fame and an apparent beef with Charli XCX — are unusually shallow; some have even formulated a kind of tradwife critique of “Showgirl” in which Swift is seen as upholding regressive ideas about marriage and domesticity.

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Social media’s entire “tradwife” genre is about professional content creators pretending to be submissive housewives to sell advertising.

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