Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chosen family

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.57 in modern English

Syllables: cho-sen -fam-i-ly
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A group of people who are not biologically related but who have formed a supportive group that fills the role normally expected to be supplied by the family one is born into.

Example Sentences

"...but when a sudden change of events jeopardizes their summer in gay paradise, their bonds as a chosen family are pushed to the limit."
"De La Cruz's writing offers caregiving models that blend biological and chosen family, a narrative strategy central to the contemporary trans fiction of Casey Plett."
"But while partners are an integral part of the enduring chosen family for lesbians and gay men in the United States, for hijras and kotis, their pantis or husbands are categorically not family"

Inflected Forms

chosen families (plural)

Synonyms

family of choice found family kith and kin

Antonyms

biological family

Questions

What does chosen family mean?: A group of people who are not biologically related but who have formed a supportive group that fills the role normally expected to be supplied by the family one is born into.

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