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Trophy wife is an informal term for a wife, usually young and attractive, who is regarded as a status symbol for the husband, who is often an older and wealthy "sugar daddy". The term trophy husband is the male equivalent. Referring to a spouse as a trophy wife usually reflects negatively on the character or personality of the husband, and has a connotation of narcissism and desire to impress others, and that the husband would not be able to attract the sexual interest of the attractive woman but for his wealth or position. It can also be used to imply that the trophy wife in question has little personal merit besides her physical attractiveness, does very little of substance outside of remaining attractive, requires substantial costs for maintaining her appearance and is in some ways synonymous with the term "gold digger". ==History== The term's etymological origins are disputed. One claim is that ''trophy wife'' originally appeared in a 1950 issue of ''The Economist'' newspaper, referring to the historical practice of warriors capturing the most beautiful women during battle to bring home as wives.〔Linker, Harry. "Buying into the Hype: Trophy Antiques and Collectibles". 7 May 2010. Considering the possible recent origins of the term it must be noted that the term in Latin, ''Tropaeum uxor'', appears in many scripts of both Greek and Roman origin dating as far back as the first half of the first century, as far back as 50 AD. There is the example found in the ''Naturalis Historia'' (by Gaius Plinius Secundus); though the meaning was probably not close to today's meaning and referred to "trophy women" as part of the tribute to Roman conquerors by defeated opponents. 〔http://books.google.com/books?id=9YsbAQAAMAAJ&q=%22trophy+wife%22〕 One University of Notre Dame sociologist believes the phenomenon in modern society is less common than other research suggests.〔http://www.npr.org/2014/10/23/358238948/is-there-really-such-a-thing-as-a-trophy-wife〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「trophy wife」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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