tradwife

American

[trad-wahyf] / ˈtrædˌwaɪf /

noun

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

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.

Etymology

Origin of tradwife

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

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Attwood says she has been concerned by the tradwife trend - where women promote what has been described as 1950s gender roles, with lives centred around their husbands and serving them.

From BBC

Tradwife influencers advise young women to speak in pleasing tones and warn against intimidating the men in their lives.

From Salon

We stayed at the same rental as last year and this time they were extra solicitous, gifting us not one but two packages of frozen croissants from the Utah tradwife influencer Ballerina Farm.

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Salon

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.

From Salon

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023