nonnuclear
- adjective
- /ˌnɒnˈnjuːklɪər/
:
no nuclear
- Many families today are nonnuclear, including grandparents, aunts, and uncles living together.
- nonnuclear households
- nonnuclear families
Examples
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Although this multifamily living arrangement had a nuclear component, nonnuclear relatives lived close by and no doubt greatly influenced the ways in which family members interacted.
Academic text (1991) -
Of the 55.4% of the children reported to be living in nonnuclear households (single-parent, neither parent, or extended family), just under one quarter (24.5%) added or omitted figures to produce a drawing of a nuclear family.
Academic text (1996) -
When these narrow criteria are applied, poor and nonnuclear households are considered the only groups to need support (Hymowitz, 2006).
Academic text (2008) -
Although genograms are inherently somewhat complicated to construct, the difficulty is compounded by the more diverse, nonnuclear Native family structure.
Academic text (2010) -
TABLE 1 Frequency (%) With Which Children From Intact Nuclear and Nonnuclear Households Produced Intact Nuclear and Nonnuclear Family Drawings. PREFORMATTED TABLE. TABLE 2 Mean Heights (in mm) of Mother and Father Figures, by Sex and Age of Child and Parental Presence/Absence in Household.
Academic text (1996) -
TABLE 1 Frequency (%) With Which Children From Intact Nuclear and Nonnuclear Households Produced Intact Nuclear and Nonnuclear Family Drawings. PREFORMATTED TABLE. TABLE 2 Mean Heights (in mm) of Mother and Father Figures, by Sex and Age of Child and Parental Presence/Absence in Household.
Academic text (1996) -
This tendency for the children in nonnuclear households to draw nuclear families more often than the children in nuclear households drew nonnuclear families was statistically significant, chi-squared (1, N = 502) = 7.23, p < .01.
Academic text (1996) -
This tendency for the children in nonnuclear households to draw nuclear families more often than the children in nuclear households drew nonnuclear families was statistically significant, chi-squared (1, N = 502) = 7.23, p < .01.
Academic text (1996) -
In nonnuclear households, children may have more adults to support them beyond just their parents.
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The community has several initiatives aimed at supporting nonnuclear families with extra resources.
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Etymology
Nonnuclear combines non- 'not' with nuclear, from nucleus meaning 'core' or 'center', and you see nuclear in the familiar phrase 'nuclear family'. So a nonnuclear family is 'not just the core' parents-and-children group but includes other relatives.