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thermostat (oh) and Feminine Mystique, The (oh)


thermostat (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: thermo- + -stat 'instrument for keeping something steady' (from Greek -states, from histanei 'to cause to stand')]
an instrument used for keeping a room or a machine at a particular temperature

Feminine Mystique, The (oh)



(1963) a book by Betty Friedan which discusses the way women behave in US society. It is one of the books that started the women's movement in the 1960s.