Meaning of wifedom | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The condition of marriage for a woman.
   uncountable
2. A woman's devotion to meeting the needs and/or desires of another, as if they were a marriage partner.
   uncountable

Examples

“I have⟳ seen a procession of monks, with a nightmare of faces, wearied, dejected, purposeless, hopeless, when not brutalized with the traces of furious rebellion against their world, and in that woful panorama of debased human nature I see⟳ the figure⟳ of what we condemn women to, when we bid them grow⟳ old in listless idleness, if they fail⟳ to secure to themselves the privileges of wifedom.”

“"In your view⟳ of wifedom,” I began, “is the wife to acknowledge having a personality and will of her own⟳, or do you see⟳ her as simply being responsive to her. . .her husband?”

“Wifedom is a job, she argued, and the only approved one available for half the population.”

“As Winfrey recently told TVGuide, “Stedman and I have⟳ a great relationship that allows me to be me in the fullest sense⟳, with no expectations of wifedom and all that would mean⟳.”

“As marriage is displaced by family, wifedom by motherhood and the support⟳/dependency structures of the patriarchal family assume⟳ greater importance than the legal form⟳, it is actually counterproductive to the real purpose of social policy to exclude⟳ from regulation a family type⟳ that is so obviously here to stay⟳.”

“Specifically, I argue⟳ that twentyfirst-century American wifedom is emblematic of the identity formations actively encouraged by postfeminist entrepreneurial regimes.”

“We suspect⟳ that Mr. Dixon has exaggerated both the extent and intensity of the defiance of common sense⟳ as well as common decency which spiritual wifedom implies.”

“There the motive for concealment was removed, and the apology of a spiritual wifedom ceased to exist⟳.”

“Help⟳ me to become⟳ a pure waterer, weeder, and deadheader of our little plot, to mature from manic bride and bonnarder to the calm, the jen, of deep and ancient garden wifedom.”

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