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Domesticity has to mean nesting. Otherwise, six months go by, and you don't know where your underwear is.
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Meaning of "domesticity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DOMESTICITY

domesticity  [ˌdəʊmɛˈstɪsɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOMESTICITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Domesticity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DOMESTICITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of domesticity in the English dictionary

The first definition of domesticity in the dictionary is home life. Other definition of domesticity is devotion to or familiarity with home life. Domesticity is also a domestic duty, matter, or condition.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DOMESTICITY


aeroelasticity
ˌɛərəʊˌɪlæˈstɪsɪtɪ
analyticity
ˌænəlɪˈtɪsɪtɪ
aromaticity
əˌrəʊməˈtɪsɪtɪ
authenticity
ˌɔːθɛnˈtɪsɪtɪ
automaticity
ˌɔ:təʊməˈtɪsɪtɪ
causticity
kɔːˈstɪsɪtɪ
chromaticity
ˌkrəʊməˈtɪsɪtɪ
elasticity
ɪlæˈstɪsɪtɪ
ellipticity
ɪlɪpˈtɪsɪtɪ
heteroscedasticity
ˌhetərəʊskɪdæsˈtɪsɪtɪ
homoscedasticity
ˌhəʊməʊskɪdæsˈtɪsɪtɪ
inauthenticity
ɪnˌɔːθenˈtɪsɪtɪ
inelasticity
ˌɪnɪlæsˈtɪsɪtɪ
photoelasticity
ˌfəʊtəʊɪlæˈstɪsɪtɪ
plasticity
plæˈstɪsɪtɪ
rusticity
rʌsˈtɪsɪtɪ
spasticity
spæsˈtɪsɪtɪ
thermoplasticity
ˌθɜːməʊplæˈstɪsɪtɪ
viscoelasticity
ˌvɪskəʊɪlæsˈtɪsɪtɪ
vorticity
vɔːˈtɪsɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOMESTICITY

domestic heating oil
domestic pig
domestic rates
domestic science
domestic science college
domestic servant
domestic service
domestic staff
domestic violence
domesticable
domestical
domestically
domesticate
domesticated
domestication
domesticative
domesticator
domesticise
domesticities
domesticize

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOMESTICITY

capacity
centricity
complicity
concentricity
cytotoxicity
electricity
ethnicity
felicity
historicity
hydroelectricity
hydrophobicity
modulus of elasticity
monotonicity
multiplicity
nephrotoxicity
periodicity
publicity
simplicity
specificity
synchronicity
toxicity

Synonyms and antonyms of domesticity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DOMESTICITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «domesticity» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of domesticity

Translation of «domesticity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOMESTICITY

Find out the translation of domesticity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of domesticity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «domesticity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

家庭生活
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

domesticidad
570 millions of speakers

English

domesticity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पारिवारिक चरित्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العائلية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

семейная жизнь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

domesticidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গৃহজীবন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vie de famille
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rumah tangga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Häuslichkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

家庭生活
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가경
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Domestik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gia sự
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குடும்ப
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घरगुती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

evcimenlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

domesticità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

domatorstwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сімейне життя
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

domestic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οικιακότητας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

huishouding
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

domesticity
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

domesticity
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of domesticity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOMESTICITY»

The term «domesticity» is regularly used and occupies the 89.578 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DOMESTICITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «domesticity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «domesticity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about domesticity

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9 QUOTES WITH «DOMESTICITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word domesticity.
1
Jenna Fischer
I loved the domesticity of my life as a struggling actor. When I wasn't going to auditions, I could do things like cook dishes from scratch and take them to parties or be really thoughtful about birthdays and anniversaries.
2
Adam Gopnik
Cooking is the showy side of domesticity.
3
Boris Johnson
I lead a life of blameless domesticity and always have done.
4
Tracy Kidder
The combination of domesticity and wildness - that's a deep expression.
5
Lesley Manville
Oh, there's so much ego with men; in their head, they can't possibly think about Tesco's when they are doing Othello. Er, why not? They want to think that they are such geniuses they can't muddy their day with domesticity, and I've got no truck with it whatsoever.
6
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Domesticity has to mean nesting. Otherwise, six months go by, and you don't know where your underwear is.
7
Liberty Ross
I romanticized domesticity for a while, and loved having a shopping list of groceries stuck to the fridge for the first time.
8
Jenny Slate
I tend to be a bit of a workaholic, but I also can't function without some sort of domesticity as well.
9
Barbara W. Tuchman
After the war, when my husband came home, we had two more children, and domesticity for a while prevailed combined with beginning the work I had always wanted to do, which was writing a book.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOMESTICITY»

Discover the use of domesticity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to domesticity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Homeward Bound: Why Women Are Embracing the New Domesticity
In Homeward Bound, acclaimed journalist Emily Matchar takes a long, hard look at both the inspiring appeal and the potential dangers of this trend she calls the New Domesticity, exploring how it could be reshaping the role of women in ...
Emily Matchar, 2013
2
Domesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World
In a fascinating and innovative study, first published in 2005, Ruby Lal explores domestic life and the place of women in the Mughal court of the sixteenth century.
Ruby Lal, 2005
3
Domesticity in Colonial India: What Women Learned when Men ...
With its rich and compelling use of primary sources, this book will be invaluable not only to scholars and students of South Asian history, but also to a general audience interested in women's history and colonialism.
Judith E. Walsh, 2004
4
"Just a Housewife" : The Rise and Fall of Domesticity in ...
This is an important, challenging book that sheds new light on a central aspect of human experience, the essential task of providing for a society's nurture and daily maintenance.
Glenna Matthews, 1987
5
The Force of Domesticity: Filipina Migrants and Globalization
The Force of Domesticity starkly illustrates how the operation of globalization enforces notions of women's domesticity and creates contradictory messages about women's place in society, simultaneously pushing women inside and outside the ...
Rhacel Salazar Parrenas, 2008
6
Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming Domesticity from a Consumer ...
If you ever considered quitting a job to plant tomatoes, read to a child, pursue creative work, can green beans and heal the planet, this is your book.
Shannon Hayes, 2010
7
Feminism, Domesticity and Popular Culture
This collection intervenes into the debates surrounding feminism’s contentious relationship with domesticity in popular culture.
Stacy Gillis, Joanne Hollows, 2008
8
Staging Domesticity: Household Work and English Identity in ...
In this book Wendy Wall argues that representations of housework in the early modern period helped to forge crucial conceptions of national identity.
Wendy Wall, 2002
9
Negotiating Domesticity: Spatial Productions of Gender in ...
This richly interdisiplinary work presents architects and postgraduate students with an in-depth exploration of domesticity in the modern era.
Hilde Heynen, Gulsum Baydar, 2005
10
The Secret History of Domesticity: Public, Private, and the ...
Richly illustrated with nearly 100 images, including paintings, engravings, woodcuts, and a representative selection of architectural floor plans for domestic interiors, this volume reads graphic forms to emphasize how susceptible the ...
Michael McKeon, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOMESTICITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term domesticity is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Man Forced To Say Goodbye To His Roommates ... Who Were Wild …
Many voiced concern about whether the deer would be able to survive in the wild after their experience with quiet domesticity. "So they were ... «The Dodo, Jul 15»
2
10 tips to make your partner more romantic
... household gifts for special occasions, apathy about appearance, going to bed at different times night after night, or nagging about shared domesticity. Rather ... «Body and Soul, Jul 15»
3
Ben Affleck Tried to Give His Kids the Father He Never Had
While Garner, 42, embraced domesticity in L.A., friends of the former couple say Affleck did appreciate her as a stabilizing force for their kids, ... «People Magazine, Jul 15»
4
Sapna Bhavnani's Account of her Gang Rape and Marital Violence …
Be it women who are caged by domesticity or those breaking the glass ceiling, violence affects everyone. It is perhaps the way they deal with ... «iDiva.com, Jul 15»
5
Young Afghans find freedom through parkour
... girls to take up parkour -- a daring choice in a deeply conservative country that usually expects women to lead lives of cloistered domesticity. «AsiaOne, Jul 15»
6
Andy Murray can seek inspiration from Olympic triumph
... night, no more than a half-an-hour drive away from Centre Court, and enjoy the domesticity that is not possible at any other grand-slam event. «The Times, Jul 15»
7
How Does the King of Comedy Reinvent Himself When He's Out of …
He wed one of his first serious girlfriends, quickly had children and settled into domesticity. As he confessed to the Hollywood Reporter, "I had ... «Phoenix New Times, Jul 15»
8
'Ballers' is an entertaining take on life after the NFL
A more grounded character than Ricky, Charles retires from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a life of lazy domesticity. He spends his days on the ... «Utica Observer Dispatch, Jul 15»
9
in two photo series
... intimate moments that add sweetness to life and the un-self-conscious domesticity that most married couples, gay or straight, will recognize. «Bay Area Reporter, Jul 15»
10
Penny Dreadful season 2 episode 10 review: And They Were Enemies
The temptation scene is elegantly constructed, a warmer colour palette for the Murrays' corrupted, decaying domesticity contrasting sharply with ... «Den Of Geek, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Domesticity [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/domesticity>. May 2024 ».
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