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nuclear family
noun
Definition of
nuclear family noun
from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
nuclear family
noun
(
technical
)
a family that consists of father, mother and children, when it is thought of as a unit in society
Not everybody nowadays lives in the conventional nuclear family.
compare
extended family