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nuclear family

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A family unit consisting of two parents (traditionally a mother and a father) and their children.

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Examples

“The initial result⟳ of that fragmentation, the nuclear family, didn’t seem so bad. But then, because the nuclear family is so brittle, the fragmentation continued. In many sectors of society, nuclear families fragmented into single-parent families, single-parent families into chaotic families or no families.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

nuclear famine nuclear fission nuclear football nuclear force nuclear forensics nuclear fratricide

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