nuclear family

noun

Definition of nuclear family

: a family group that consists only of parents and children

Examples of nuclear family in a Sentence

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The rest of my nuclear family would rather keep the peace. — Ask Amy, oregonlive.com, "Ask Amy: Daughter wants to cut off ties with racist dad but feels guilty," 27 Aug. 2019 The nuclear family for whom suburban subdivisions were envisioned is no longer the statistical norm; only a little over a quarter of all U.S. households consist of people with children. — Andrew Moore, National Geographic, "To build the cities of the future, we must get out of our cars," 17 June 2019

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