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stepfamilies

stepfamilies is the plural of stepfamily.

Meaning of stepfamily

Noun

stepfamily (plural stepfamilies)

  1. Any family having one or more stepchildren or stepparents.
    • Researchers are finding that the incidence of violence and abuse is vastly greater in stepfamilies than in traditional families in which the children are biologically related to both parents and to one other.1998 October 2, Jane E. Brody, “Genetic Ties May Be Factor In Violence in Stepfamilies”, in The New York Times
  2. The family of one's stepfather or stepmother; those immediate family members not related by blood.

Questions about stepfamilies

What is stepfamilies the plural of?
Stepfamilies is the plural of stepfamily.

Words near stepfamilies in the dictionary

  1. stepdancing
  2. stepdaughter
  3. stepdaughters
  4. stepdown
  5. stepdowns
  6. stepfamilies
  7. stepfamily
  8. stepfather
  9. stepfather-in-law
  10. stepfatherhood
  11. stepfatherly

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