nuclear family
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nuclear family
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From nuclear + family.
noun nuclear families
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The traditional western family unit, consisting of two parents (traditionally a mother and a father) and their children.
The initial result of that fragmentation, the nuclear family, didn’t seem so bad. But then, because the nuclear family is so brittle, the fragmentation continued. In many sectors of society, nuclear families fragmented into single-parent families, single-parent families into chaotic families or no f
Opposite: nontraditional family
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noun a family unit consisting of a father, mother and children
| Español | familia nuclear |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 핵가족 haekgajok |
| 日本語 | 核家族 |
| 中文 | 核心家庭 héxīn jiātíng |
| हिन्दी | परिवार parivār, एकल परिवार ekal parivār |
| Português | família nuclear |
| Français | famille nucléaire |
| Deutsch | Kernfamilie |
| Română | familie nucleară |
| Русский | нуклеа́рная семья́ nukleárnaja semʹjá |
| Tiếng Việt | gia đình hạt nhân |
Talk about this word "nuclear family." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/nuclear%20family. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. nuclear family. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/nuclear%20family "nuclear family." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/nuclear%20family.Cite this
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title = {nuclear family},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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