Domesticity

Word DOMESTICITY
Character 11
Hyphenation do mes tic i ty
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Domesticity"

What do we mean by domesticity?

The quality or condition of being domestic. noun

Home life or devotion to it. noun

Household affairs. noun

The state of being domestic. noun

A domestic affair, act, or habit. noun

The state of being domestic; domestic character; household life. noun

Affection for the home and its material comforts noun

Domestic activities or life noun

The quality of being domestic or domesticated noun

Life at home with one's family.

(plural) Domestic chores; housework.

Affection for the home and its material comforts.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Domesticity

The word "domesticity" in example sentences

But the roof of their domesticity is shaking, ready to be blown away along with other houses in their neighborhood. ❋ Nicolette Wong (2010)

As I commented on your review post - his genuine-sounding words about how great domesticity is really jumped out at me. ❋ Adriana_is (2009)

To get an idea of the Dutch achievement in domesticity, I cite Rybczynski on the urban medieval home: "The typical bourgeois townhouse of the 14th century combined living and work." ❋ Linda (2008)

Later, following my adventures in domesticity, I drove out to Redmond to meet gaaneden for afternoon tea. ❋ Gaaneden (2007)

His sister, Mary, is trapped in domesticity, caring for her ailing, dotty father and her maddening mother. ❋ Unknown (2006)

If they are content to have England turned into a beehive and an ant-hill, decorated here and there with a few faded butterflies playing at an old game called domesticity in the intervals of the divorce court, then let them have their empire of insects; they will find plenty of Socialists who will give it to them. ❋ John M (2007)

3 January, 2009 in domesticity, momma-ing, real life | Tags: ranty mcrant rant ❋ Unknown (2009)

28 December, 2009 in domesticity, now with pictures, real life | Tags: babywearing, ps my boyfriend is awesome, vacation ❋ Unknown (2009)

12In the Cedarberg, we can measure colonial conquest by the proliferation of tenable settler land claims, which were made household by household; increasing signs of European-inflected domesticity is tangible evidence of their success. ❋ Unknown (2008)

9 September, 2008 in domesticity, food and recipes, real life ❋ Unknown (2008)

Maybe domesticity is the thing your hero (or heroine) yearns for but can’t have. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The sketch of [its protagonist's] early adulthood at the turn of the 20th century is a skillful but standard portrait of an ambitious young man unsatisfied by his successful career and restless in domesticity. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The starting point is domesticity, which isn't sitting well with Shrek at all. ❋ Unknown (2010)

SF is driven by an underlying dream, and part of that dream is profoundly hostile to domesticity, which is traditionally assigned to women. ❋ Abigail Nussbaum (2007)

And in marriage, with luck, something else comes to take its place ... domesticity, which is very sweet to a woman. ❋ F. Tennyson Jesse (N/A)

He, however, who, disregarding (a life of domesticity, that is) the source of much happiness, jumps to the next mode of life, -- that renouncer of his own self, [23] O monarch, is a renouncer labouring under the quality of darkness. ❋ Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli (N/A)

Here is a glimmer of eternity framed in domesticity. ❋ Unknown (1939)

And there is rather a lot of anecdotage about very large houses in America which seemed to not have a great deal to do with history as seen through the lens of humble domesticity, which is what I thought the theme of the book was intended to be.

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