Stepfordian

Adjective

Stepfordian (comparative more Stepfordian, superlative most Stepfordian)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a Stepford wife; lacking personality or agency; docile.
   • These gals are not wrapped up in some pert, Stepfordian happee homemaking bonanza.1989 September 18, Sarah Pettit, “Tying the Knot (Noose?)”, in OutWeek, page 39
   • But Piazza, whose flattened affect is ideally suited to pitching an oceanic array of products, makes such come-hither antics as posing shirtless for Sports Illustrated Women seem utterly Stepfordian. Indeed, he brings major rasa to the tabula.2002 August, Jeff Z. Klein, “Who Cares If He's Gay? Mike Piazza's a Big Sellout”, in Details, page 52
2. Resembling or characteristic of the fictional town of Stepford; artificially perfect or pleasant; false.
   • Co-starring Rory Culkin and Jamie Bell, it takes place in “a perfect neighborhood with perfect Monopoly houses,” she says. But scratch the Stepfordian surface, and you'll find all kinds of misery and dysfunction lurking.2005 March, Danielle Pergament, “Camilla Belle”, in Interview, page 97
   • I like a good apocalypse as much as the next American, which is why I’ll be braving the Stepfordian horrors of the local mall for the opening of 2012, Roland Emmerich’s latest exercise in disaster porn.2012, Mark Dery, I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts: Drive-By Essays on American Dread, American Dreams, page 188