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Record 1 1999-11-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Human Relations
DEF

A wife regarded as a status symbol for her husband.

OBS

Also, from the late eighties, a dismissive term for the young and attractive wife of an older man.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
OBS

trophée (n.m.) : objet attestant une victoire, un succès (p. ex. trophée de classe).

OBS

Par analogie avec «femme-objet».

Spanish

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