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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

/ ˌəʊɛˈɪɪɪ /

noun

  1. home life
  2. devotion to or familiarity with home life
  3. usually plural a domestic duty, matter, or condition
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of domesticity1

First recorded in 1715–25; domestic + -ity
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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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The second thing is the intimacy and domesticity.

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Settling in, Duane gifts Jackie with a microwave he liberated from his broken marriage, a small symbol of both warm domesticity and cold technology.

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“For the first time, weirdly, I’m choosing home and decorating it only for me without the aspiration of hoping for domesticity or family,” she tells me.

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The key to a terrific scary home invasion horror movie is not just how domesticity gets breached but why.

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