steprelative

plural steprelatives · alternative step-relative

1. Any person identified as a non-blood relative but who is related through the marriage of a parent.First known use 20th c.

   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.

   1970, Margaret Mead, “Anomalies in American Postdivorce Relationships” (chapter 5), in Paul Bohannan, editor, Divorce and After, Doubleday & Company, Inc., page 110

   Synonyms: steprelation