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Stepford

Syllabification: (Step·ford)

Pronunciation: /ˈstepˌfərd/

Definition of Stepford

noun

[as modifier]

denoting someone who is regarded as robotically conformist or obedient:it seems that colleges want to produce a generation of PC-driven Stepford students

Origin:

from The Stepford Wives, the title of a 1972 novel by Ira Levin (1929–2007), in which Stepford is the name of a fictional idyllic suburb where the men have replaced their wives with robots