domesticity
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- noun
- /dəˈmɛstɪsɪti/
:
domesticidad
- After a long day at work, she valued the peace and routine of domesticity at home.
- cult of domesticity
- ideology of domesticity
- notion of domesticity
Examples
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Whether bound by domesticity, motherhood, or the workplace glass ceiling, these experiences have been adequately documented already.
Academic text (2017) -
My husband had grown both restless and bored, trapped by the very domesticity he'd once claimed to have sought.
Fiction book (1999) -
So the domesticity in this apartment is pretty minimal.
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Domesticity and comfort and family.
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Like most popular media of the decade, comics placed an emphasis on domesticity and the nuclear family.
Academic text (2013) -
Cold facts and grammar give way to lessons of affection, domesticity, and freedom.
Academic text (2012) -
His generation has been denied the pleasures of domesticity.
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I'm exploring the joys of domesticity.
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In other contemporary works, the virtues of domesticity transcend class as well as race and gender boundaries.
Academic text (1994) -
Mira avoided going into Maureen Hackett's cubicle at work because its aura of smug domesticity felt oppressive to her.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
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The way a person lives and feels at home
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Care and work to keep a house and family well
Work to keep a home clean and organized
Antonyms
How Domestic
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word domesticity comes from the Latin root domus, meaning 'home', and from the English word domestic, which we use for things related to the house. So domesticity is the feeling, routine, and daily life of being at home and doing household tasks.