housewifery
- noun
- /ˈhaʊsˌwaɪfəri/
- Archaic
:
gestión del hogar
- Learning housewifery can empower individuals to run their households more efficiently.
Examples
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In her blog, she often writes about the skills and techniques involved in housewifery.
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In many cultures, housewifery entails managing the household budget and planning meals.
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When I was young, we took pride in our housewifery.
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Her riverside, our off-base cottage, our housewifery, our home. They came.
Fiction book (1992) -
Let housewifery appear.
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In Philadelphia between 1771 and 1773, 18.1 percent of apprenticeships were for girls apprenticed to "housewifery."
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
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1.8
Work that keeps a home clean and running, like cleaning and cooking
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1.0
Regular cleaning and small tasks to keep a home tidy
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3.4
Tasks such as cooking, cleaning, and child care seen as the job of women
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2.5
Care and work to keep a house and family well
Knowing how to do household tasks like cooking and cleaning
Practical skills for running a home, like cooking and sewing
Managing a home's money and daily chores to keep it running
Work to keep a home clean and organized
Antonyms
How Domestic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Housewifery breaks into the simple parts house ('home') and wife ('woman who manages the home'), plus the ending -ery meaning 'the art or activity of', as in cookery. So, housewifery is the art or skill of running a home and caring for household affairs.