cocooning
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cocooning
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The sense of staying in one's home was coined by American futurologist Faith Popcorn in 1981.
noun cocoonings
- The formation of a cocoon.
- The act of staying inside one's home, insulated from perceived danger, instead of going out. The rise of social cocooning, beginning in the 1980s, greatly impacted the social life of families. Where once families lived in more modest-sized homes and spent time engaged in community endeavors such as church, PTA and school functions[…], many families now have more spacious homes with enough a
verb
- present participle and gerund of cocoon
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verb formation of a cocoon
| 中文 | 作繭 /作茧 zuòjiǎn |
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Talk about this word "cocooning." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cocooning. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cocooning. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cocooning "cocooning." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cocooning.Cite this
@misc{cocooning_2026,
title = {cocooning},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cocooning},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
