housewifery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of housewifery
First recorded in 1400–50, housewifery is from the late Middle English word huswyfery. See housewife, -ery
Example Sentences
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Most of the pundits and influencers making this argument frame housewifery as an escape from the stress of modern working life.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2025
She told the online publication Literary Hub that the theater company was her opportunity to “leave housewifery behind.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2022
Her life is airless, packed with stultifying tasks: “Japanese motherhood and its attendant housewifery is a cult,” says Mizuki.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2021
Their friends and neighbors, attracted by the games, food, and company, attended as a respite from the tedium of housewifery.
From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2014
Formerly the houses in such streets wore an air of sobriety and respectability, and the good housewifery which reigned within was symbolized by the bright polish of the brass door-plate, or bell-pull, or knocker.
From My Unknown Chum by Fairbanks, Charles Bullard
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