Meanings
- neologismuncountableThe state of being a tradwife.
The internet has crowned @Ballerinafarm, whose real name is Hannah Neeleman, the queen of tradwifery.
2024 July 24, Carter Sherman, “Sundresses and rugged self-sufficiency: 'tradwives' tout a conservative American past ... that didn't exist”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Jul 20242 more examples
Alena Pettitt, an O.G. tradwife who first caught the media's eye in 2020, sells instructional books. Smith, who is also a model, has leveraged her ambiguous tradwifery — like many tradwife influencers, she coyly avoids that description, instead letting the red-cheeked internet heap it onto her — into glitzy brand deals and photo shoots.
2024 August 20, Amy X. Wang, “Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Tradwife?”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2025But a few years ago, when the Obvious Child star turned 40, she found relief from the burdens of the entertainment industry, taking a break from stand-up comedy and trying her hand at a brief stint with tradwifery.
2025 April 3, Jacqueline Novak, “"I'm the World's Donkey": Jenny Slate and Jacqueline Novak on Tiny Gods and Tradwifery”, in Interview, New York, N.Y.: Crystal Ball Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Oct 2025
Origin
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tradwifery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tradwifery
“tradwifery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tradwifery. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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