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語源

From step- +‎ relative.

発音

• IPA: /ˈstɛpˌɹɛl.ə.tɪv/
• ハイフネーション: step‧rel‧a‧tive

名詞

steprelative (plural steprelatives)

1. Any person identified as a non-blood relative but who is related through the marriage of a parent. [from 20th c.]
   • 1970, Margaret Mead, “Anomalies in American Postdivorce Relationships” (chapter 5), in Paul Bohannan, editor, Divorce and After, Doubleday & Company, Inc., page 110:

     Psychiatrists continue to struggle with the psychological definitions of the incest taboo, rather than with the social conditions which create the present high incidence of steprelative sex relationships.

反意語

• blood relative

下位語

• stepparent
• stepchildren
• stepsibling