domesticity

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domesticity

noun domesticities

  1. countable, uncountable Life at home; homelife. The Neolithic of 8000 to 6000 B.C. is in the sign of Cancer, a feminine sign associated with domesticity, retentiveness, and sentiment.
  2. countable, in plural, uncountable Domestic chores; housework. Besides the jar of contrast there came to her a chill self-reproach that she had not returned sooner, to help her mother in these domesticities, instead of indulging herself out-of-doors.
  3. countable, uncountable Affection for the home and its comforts. Duncan's lovelife may be divided between an earlier period of promiscuity and a later period of domesticity.

Similar: comfort, family, materialism · Opposite: business, society, worldliness

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Similar: comfort, family, materialism · Opposite: business, society, worldliness

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noun affection for the home

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@misc{domesticity_2026,
  title = {domesticity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/domesticity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}