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/ˈstɛpˌɹɛl.ə.tɪv/
Noun
Any person identified as a non-blood relative but who is related through the marriage of a parent.
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Psychiatrists continue to struggle with the psychological definitions of the incest taboo, rather than with the social conditions which create the present high incidence of steprelative sex relationships.