Domesticity Meaning
/dˌoʊˌmɛˈstɪsəti/Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounLife at home; homelife.
nounDomestic chores; housework.
Sentence Examples
She valued domesticity and family life.
Domesticity brought her a sense of peace.
She enjoyed the quiet comforts of domesticity after traveling.
CEFR Practice Quiz
She truly enjoyed the quiet ____ of her peaceful suburban home.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She valued ____ and family life.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English domestic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English domesticity From domestic + -ity.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The Neolithic of 8000 to 6000 B.C. is in the sign of Cancer, a feminine sign associated with domesticity, retentiveness, and sentiment."
— 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 131:
"Besides the jar of contrast there came to her a chill self-reproach that she had not returned sooner, to help her mother in these domesticities, instead of indulging herself out-of-doors."
— 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 29:
"As we have seen, Browning renovates her life-after-divorce by framing her domesticity in increasingly autoerotic terms. With her sensuous boudoir, lust for furniture, love affair with houses, and espousal of baked goods, hers is an appetitive domesticity geared to self-pleasure."
— 2017, Susan Fraiman, Extreme Domesticity:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She truly enjoyed the quiet ____ of her peaceful suburban home.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She valued ____ and family life.