Meaning of wifeism | Babel Free

Definitions

A patriarchal societal tendency whereby women can only achieve things as the wives of men of rank.

Nigeria, uncountable

Examples

“In this chapter I examine the emergence of wifeism and the bureaucratization of women's concerns in Nigeria through state involvement, especially since the early 1980s.”

“But this is not unconnected with the fact that the electoral system in Nigeria is still skewed in favour of wifeism.”

CEFR level