Nuclear family
Nuclear family noun - A family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partner.
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People and nuclear family are semantically related. In some cases you can use "People" instead a noun phrase "Nuclear family".
People
People noun - A group of persons who come from the same ancestor.
Usage example: introduced my new boyfriend to my people
Nuclear family and people are semantically related. You can use "Nuclear family" instead a noun "People".
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- Most people expected a similar Simpsons-style show, but all they got was a satirical science fiction series that wasn't as recognizable as a nuclear family set in modern times.
Source: Vindicated by History -
A commercial for AT&T U-Verse uses this trope, but the people in question are a typical nuclear family and the "guns" are remotes.
Source: Mexican Standoff -
This resulted not only in people confusing what the respecive species looked like, but more importantly in thinking that the terms for a deer nuclear family were Hirsch/Reh/Kitz; generations of people were thusly miseducated, and it keeps on spreading, while often refusing correction.
Source: Disney / Bambi
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People and Nuclear family. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/nuclear_family/people
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