domesticity

[doh-me-stis-i-tee]

noun

plural

domesticities 

1. the state of being domestic; domestic or home life.

2. a domestic or household act, activity, duty, or chore.

domesticity

/ ˌdəʊmɛˈstɪsɪtɪ /

noun

1. home life

2. devotion to or familiarity with home life

3. (usually plural) a domestic duty, matter, or condition

Word History and Origins

Origin of domesticity¹

First recorded in 1715–25; domestic + -ity

Example Sentences

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.

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Initially, he was thinking of this body of work in terms of domesticity.

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“Wi$h Li$t,” a wistful song that hits like a contented sigh, imagines a simple life of domesticity in a suburban house with a basketball hoop, children and peace.

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Alternating between angry and exhausted, she bristles at acclimating to the domesticity that her prickly neighbor wives treat like a club handshake.

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The biggest of all are the "tradwives": influencers who peddle idyllic images of housewifery, where women's equality is rejected in favor of obsequiousness and exaggerated domesticity.

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