Meaning & use
Wifehood
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The state or condition of being a wife.
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She reflected on how much her sense of self had changed since entering wifehood.
The novel explores wifehood, motherhood, and career as competing demands on a woman's identity.
A note on using this word
Formed with the suffix '-hood', which denotes a state or condition, as in 'childhood' or 'brotherhood'.
Words with a similar meaning
marriage
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Words with an opposite meaning
bachelorhoodspinsterhood
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