2 definitions by Marek Möhling
Short for "traditional wife." Used in alt-right circles to refer to women that embody traditionally feminine and wifely qualities (submissiveness, chastity, willingness to do household chores, etc).
She wants children and is fine with me working so she doesn't have to, so it's possible she could make a good tradwife.
by Marek Möhling February 2, 2017
An attitude Stetson Kennedy recommended to tackle with bigoted speech. He coined the term, when he started a campaign with that name in the 1940s, which simply encouraged people to pointedly frown when they heard hate speech, which lead Stephen J. Dubner and Steven Levitt to say that he was "the greatest single contributor to the weakening of the Ku Klux Klan."
by Marek Möhling September 5, 2007