Definition of companionate in English:
companionate
adjective kəmˈpanjənətkəmˈpanyənət
formal (of a marriage or relationship) between partners or spouses as equal companions.
the ideal of the companionate marriage
Example sentencesExamples
- They focus on early twentieth century women adapting to new concepts of companionate marriage and motherhood, as defined by psychology and popular culture rather than religion.
- Changes in educational and employment patterns have made the companionate marriage between equals more common.
- Although the home was patriarchal, by the Victorian era domesticity also entailed a considerable degree of comfort for the middle-class male from his companionate relationship with his wife.
- These social activities also provided the new social occasions in which husbands and wives shared common social settings and backed the new understanding of a companionate marriage of the couples.
- The old hierarchical marriage is giving way to a companionate marriage, especially in the urban middle classes.