nonmarital

Examples

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• Probably the concern is to prevent the reader from rationalizing nonmarital sex on the grounds that it is found in the Bible.

  Academic text (2006)

• Rates of nonmarital childbearing and proportions of nonmarital births among black women continue to be substantially higher than among white women.

  Academic text (1991)

• Young & Jensen (1991) have proposed that single-parent households may provide less stability or emotional support, or may serve to model nonmarital sexual behavior.

  Academic text (2005)

• Among the white middle class, the definition of births outside of formal marriage as "illegitimate" has structured the meaning and consequences of nonmarital childbearing in basic ways.

  Academic text (1990)

• In our past work on early, nonmarital childbearing, we found that the 50/10 ratio was the most empirically relevant measure for determining rates of early, nonmarital childbearing.

  Academic text (2016)

• The influential work of William Julius Wilson (1987) emphasizes the role of "social isolation" in driving rates of urban joblessness and nonmarital childbearing.

  Academic text (2016)

• The increasing prevalence of nonmarital romantic partnerships in emerging adulthood underscores the relevance of such relationships to efforts to understand the development of substance use patterns in the transition from adolescence to adulthood.

  Academic text (2018)

• The rise in nonmarital births has sparked a national conversation about family structures.

• Many people today view nonmarital relationships as a valid alternative to traditional marriage.

• Nonmarital parenting can present unique challenges that differ from those encountered in marriage.

Antonyms

M

marital

103 3.9

Relating to marriage or the relationship between married people

How Marital

nuptial

• Formal

4 7.2

connubial

• Formal

1 9.1

nonmarital

• Formal

1 5.7

Surface Forms

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Etymology