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steprelatives

steprelatives is the plural of steprelative.

Meaning of steprelative

Noun

steprelative (plural steprelatives)

  1. Any person identified as a non-blood relative but who is related through the marriage of a parent.
    • Psychiatrists continue to struggle with the psychological definitions of the incest taboo, rather than with the social conditions which create the present high incidence of steprelative sex relationships.1970, Margaret Mead, “Anomalies in American Postdivorce Relationships” (chapter 5), in Paul Bohannan, editor, Divorce and After, Doubleday & Company, Inc., page 110
    Synonyms:
    steprelation

Questions about steprelatives

What is steprelatives the plural of?
Steprelatives is the plural of steprelative.

Words near steprelatives in the dictionary

  1. steprelation
  2. steprelations
  3. steprelationship
  4. steprelationships
  5. steprelative
  6. steprelatives
  7. stepronin
  8. steps
  9. steps aside
  10. steps back
  11. steps between

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