family romance

fam·i·ly ro·mance

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fam-uh-lee, fam-lee noun, adjective roh-mans, roh-mans]
- /ˈfæm ə li, ˈfæm li noun, adjective roʊˈmæns, ˈroʊ mæns/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fam-uh-lee, fam-lee noun, adjective roh-mans, roh-mans]
- /ˈfæm ə li, ˈfæm li noun, adjective roʊˈmæns, ˈroʊ mæns/

Definitions of family romance words

noun family romance a type of fantasy in which a person maintains that he or she is not the child of his or her real parents but of parents of a higher social class 0
noun family romance the system of relationships within a family group 0

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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