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The nuclear family doesn't work. It's very destructive; it grew out of selfishness.
Greg Wise

Meaning of "nuclear family" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NUCLEAR FAMILY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NUCLEAR FAMILY

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Nuclear family is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NUCLEAR FAMILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

nuclear family

Nuclear family

The nuclear family or elementary family is a term used to define a family group consisting of a pair of adults and their children. This is in contrast to a single-parent family, to the larger extended family, and to a family with more than two parents. Nuclear families typically center on a married couple; the nuclear family may have any number of children. There are differences in definition among observers; some definitions allow only biological children that are full-blood siblings, while others allow for a stepparent and any mix of dependent children including stepchildren and adopted children. Family structures of one married couple and their children were present in Western Europe and New England in the 17th century, influenced by church and theocratic governments. With the emergence of proto-industrialization and early capitalism, the nuclear family became a financially viable social unit. The term nuclear family first appeared in the early twentieth century.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NUCLEAR FAMILY

nuclear bomb
nuclear capability
nuclear chemistry
nuclear deterrent
nuclear disarmament
nuclear energy
nuclear fission
nuclear fuel
nuclear fusion
nuclear industry
Nuclear Industry Radioactive Waste Executive
nuclear isomer
nuclear isomerism
nuclear magnetic resonance
nuclear magnetic resonance scanner
nuclear magneton
nuclear medicine
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
nuclear option
nuclear physicist

WORDS THAT END LIKE NUCLEAR FAMILY

county family
dreamily
extended family
family
first family
foamily
gamily
happy family
Holy Family
homily
host family
lone-parent family
multifamily
nonfamily
one-parent family
royal family
single-parent family
stepfamily
subfamily
superfamily
the Holy Family

Synonyms and antonyms of nuclear family in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «nuclear family» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NUCLEAR FAMILY

Find out the translation of nuclear family to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of nuclear family from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nuclear family» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

核心家庭
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

familia nuclear
570 millions of speakers

English

nuclear family
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

परमाणु परिवार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأسرة النووية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нуклеарной семьи
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

família nuclear
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পারমাণবিক শক্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

famille nucléaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

tenaga nuklear
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kernfamilie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

核家族
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

핵가족
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Energi nuklir
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gia đình hạt nhân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அணு சக்தி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आण्विक ऊर्जा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nükleer enerji
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

famiglia nucleare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rodzina nuklearna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нуклеарною сім´ї
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

familia nucleară
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πυρηνικής οικογένειας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kerngesin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kärnfamilj
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kjernefamilien
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nuclear family

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NUCLEAR FAMILY»

The term «nuclear family» is regularly used and occupies the 86.931 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NUCLEAR FAMILY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nuclear family

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6 QUOTES WITH «NUCLEAR FAMILY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word nuclear family.
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Peter Eisenman
I don't design houses with the nuclear family idea because I don't believe in it as a concept.
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Tom Hodgkinson
Long weekends at festivals, short weeks at home, all summer long: now that is surely preferable to the immense cost and headache of the nuclear family holiday in the sun?
3
Margaret Mead
Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we've put it in an impossible situation.
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Mary-Louise Parker
I don't think you necessarily have to be part of a traditional nuclear family to be a good mother.
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Jane Smiley
The only siblings I have are half-siblings. My nuclear family would have been an extra-suffocating threesome. Instead, I have an interesting brother and sister, in-laws, and darling nephews.
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Greg Wise
The nuclear family doesn't work. It's very destructive; it grew out of selfishness.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NUCLEAR FAMILY»

Discover the use of nuclear family in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nuclear family and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Beyond the Nuclear Family: Families in a Configurational ...
The various contributions to this book develop a configurational approach to families, which emphasizes interdependencies existing among large numbers of family members, and reconsiders some of the central issues of family life in this ...
Eric Widmer, Riitta Jallinoja, 2008
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Queer Family Values: Debunking the Myth of the Nuclear Family
The flaw in the fight for gay and lesbian marriage rights, argues Lehr inQueer Family Values, lies in its failure to call into question the forms of oppression—gender, racial, and economic—that lead society to privilege the nuclear ...
Valerie Lehr, 1999
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A Nuclear Family Vacation: Travels in the World of Atomic ...
In A Nuclear Family Vacation, husband-and-wife journalists Nathan Hodge and Sharon Weinberger hit the road to explore the secretive world of nuclear weaponry.
Nathan Hodge, Sharon Weinberger, 2011
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My Nuclear Family: A Coming-of-Age in America's Twenty-first ...
. . From the Hardcover edition.
Christopher Brownfield, 2010
5
Not-so-nuclear Families: Class, Gender, and Networks of Care
The book concludes with a series of policy suggestions intended to improve the environment in which working families raise children.
Karen V. Hansen, 2005
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Nuclear Family Values, Extended Family Lives: The Power of ...
This book shows how this emphasis on marriage and the nuclear family-with its exclusion of the extended family-is narrow and misses much of family life, especially the familial experiences of women, racial/ethnic minorities, and low wage ...
Naomi Gerstel, Natalia Sarkisian, 2012
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Changing Family Values
Ranging across politics, social policy, law and sociology, the contributors focus on the diverse realities of contemporary family life.
Gill Jagger, Caroline Wright, 1999
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Urbanization and Family Change
IV The Nuclear Family in India 1 THE NUCLEAR FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS All the discussion so far has proceeded with reference to the joint family which is typical of India. Many studies have shown that nuclear as well as joint households ...
M. S. Gore, 1990
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How Nuclear is the Nuclear Family? Extended Family ...
Consistent with ideas drawn from social exchange theory and the life course perspective, this study finds that the high needs of children and their immediate families are associated with the transfer of resources from extended family ...
Diana B. Elliott, 2008
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A True Nuclear Family
Margaret Williams Asprey. Then he told me that the award was in honor of Walter H. Zinn and had been awarded by the ANS since the mid 1950's. And he told me where to send my bio and he would send me more information later.
Margaret Williams Asprey, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NUCLEAR FAMILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nuclear family is used in the context of the following news items.
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A nuclear family
The signing of the Indo-US civilian nuclear energy agreement was the defining moment that marked the re-alignment of ties between what were ... «mydigitalfc.com, Jul 15»
2
10 Unsolicited Pieces of British Advice To America
This 1960s program incentivized the breakdown of the nuclear family, especially in the black community. Mr. Montgomerie, please understand: ... «Acton Institute, Jul 15»
3
The Scientifically Proven Way To Have The Best Vacation Ever
Even if it's just a nuclear family getaway, coordinate with your spouse to trade off kid duties here and there so each partner can read solo on the ... «Fast Company, Jul 15»
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“The Cities Americans Are Ditching”…Are The Ones With The Most …
The [Anglo-American-style] nuclear family is expensive. Each small family wants its own place to live—ideally, a house with a garden. «VDARE.com, Jul 15»
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Youth Liberation From Homosexuality (6)
Christians and Muslims also agree that homosexuality brings destruction of the family and institution of marriage. An ideal nuclear family is an ... «Nigerian Observer, Jul 15»
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The New Nuclear Family
Just days after Shawn Davis and Richard Sawyers were married in September 2011, they started planning to have kids. “You started asking ... «The New Republic, Jul 15»
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Morning Mirror
“Yes, the rise of gay marriage will change the nuclear family–and that's a good thing.” — Suzy Khimm, senior editor, The New Republic. «Daily Caller, Jul 15»
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CJM reveals Winehouse story in mementoes and memories
Galpin credited Winehouse's nuclear family with influencing the singer's musical tastes. “Her dad and brother and mother and Amy listened to a ... «Jweekly.com, Jul 15»
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MOVIE REVIEW: 'Trainwreck' is anything but one
... of feminism, masculinity, the nuclear family, among other things. What surprised me about “Trainwreck” though was the subtlety of the jokes. «Niner Times, Jul 15»
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The Write Place: The gift of family
Because when you think about it, your nuclear family wouldn't be the way it is if it weren't for the relatives who shaped your parents, your ... «Kane County Chronicle, Jul 15»

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