domesticity
Americannoun
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the state of being domestic; domestic or home life.
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a domestic or household act, activity, duty, or chore.
noun
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home life
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devotion to or familiarity with home life
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(usually plural) a domestic duty, matter, or condition
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Origin of domesticity
Example Sentences
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An exquisitely observed scene depicts a full weekend Suzanna is allowed to spend with her mother in a prison trailer, a simulacrum of domesticity.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
He’s the un-Rembrandt, a poet of intimate domesticity whose nine paintings here are less than 2 feet per side.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026
For a heartbeat, you can almost imagine an alternate ending: two lonely figures passing the winter in gentle domesticity, breaking bread, tending the fire, building a language out of generosity.
From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025
Initially, he was thinking of this body of work in terms of domesticity.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025
All week I’d been getting a speed course in high domesticity.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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