noun
Meaning 1
Life at home; homelife.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
domesticity
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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CMU ARPABET: D OW2 M EH2 S T IH1 S AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Domestic chores; housework.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, in-plural, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Affection for the home and its comforts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
domestic activities or life
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- making a hobby of domesticity
Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: activity
noun
Meaning 5
the quality of being domestic or domesticated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a royal family living in unpretentious domesticity
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quality
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English domestic Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English domesticity From domestic + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: domesticitat — affection for the home
- Finnish: perhe-elämä — affection for the home
- Finnish: kotimaisuus — affection for the home
- Polish: domowe zacisze — affection for the home
- Spanish: domesticidad — affection for the home
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