home economics

noun

1. the art and science of home management.

2. a college curriculum usually including studies in nutrition, the purchase, preparation, and service of food, interior design, clothing and textiles, child development, family relationships, and household economics.

home economics

noun

1. (functioning as singular or plural) the study of diet, budgeting, child care, textiles, and other subjects concerned with running a home

Other Word Forms

• home economist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of home economics¹

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

Example Sentences

She competed in—and won—pageants and was active in her Baptist church, before getting a degree in home economics from the University of Kentucky.

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On Saturday morning the party launched a number of policies including a promise to bring down waits for NHS treatment to no more than a year, and reinstating home economics to schools.

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She was described as "academically minded" with a flair for English, French, home economics and geography.

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Janice says, “Well, I have to fill one science requirement and English, and I want to take home economics…”

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“It doesn’t,” replied Ms. Martin, who is also a Republican and taught home economics for 18 years at the Pittsburg School down the road.

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