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All this talk of semidomestication, he says, simply dredges up centuries-old stereotypes of cats as peculiar beings.

From Slate • Jul. 5, 2015

The first was the semidomestication of dingoes, wild dogs introduced from Asia and employed mostly as social companions.

From Time Magazine Archive