Stepford


Stepford

(ˈstɛpfəd) n (Psychology) Stepford wife a married woman who submits to her husband's will and is preoccupied by domestic concerns and her own personal appearanceadj (Psychology) blandly conformist and submissive: a Stepford employee. [C20: from The Stepford Wives (1972), a book by US writer Ira Levin which depicted a neighbourhood in which men turn their wives into placid and obedient robots]