spousehood
- noun
- /ˈspaʊsˌhʊd/
:
matrimonio
- Many couples find that their spousehood deepens as they face challenges together.
Examples
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Issues of social responsibility, loving partnerships, and spousehood are promoted over the institutional concepts of husband, wife, and parent.
Academic text (2006) -
It is true that the average person who values being a husband or wife is likely to value family security, but divorced people may cling to parents and children while rejecting spousehood, and self-involved newlyweds may be willing to see the rest of their families disappear in a puff of smoke.
Academic text (1993) -
After years of love and commitment, they celebrated their spousehood at a beautiful ceremony.
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The support they provided each other during tough times strengthened their spousehood.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
The legal joining of two people as life partners
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6.4
Being married to each other
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4.1
The state of being married to another person
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3.5
A connection between two people who are married
The close relationship between married partners
A legal relationship between two people who are married
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Spousehood comes from spouse and the ending -hood, where -hood means 'state' or 'condition', just like in childhood. So, spousehood means the 'state of being a spouse' or married life.