domestic science
noun
chiefly British, old-fashioned
: a subject or class that teaches skills (such as cooking or sewing) which are useful in the home : home economics
The girls weren't supposed to be good at "maths," so we took arithmetic, and while the boys were spending long hours studying maths we took needlework and domestic science instead.—
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More talented individuals may choose to stay at Tsinghua or Peking University, or with the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other top institutions in China, which would benefit the development of domestic science and technology.
—Arkansas Online, 30 May 2025
The nineteenth-century idea of domestic science was an attempt to systematize the tasks and duties of the housewife.
—Hari Kunzru, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2021
The Experiment Station is renamed the Good Housekeeping Institute, a facility on the street level of the Good Housekeeping building in Springfield, Massachusetts which included a model kitchen, domestic science laboratory, and test stations.
—Good Housekeeping, 31 Oct. 2015
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Arkansas Online, 30 May 2025
The nineteenth-century idea of domestic science was an attempt to systematize the tasks and duties of the housewife.
—Hari Kunzru, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2021
The Experiment Station is renamed the Good Housekeeping Institute, a facility on the street level of the Good Housekeeping building in Springfield, Massachusetts which included a model kitchen, domestic science laboratory, and test stations.
—Good Housekeeping, 31 Oct. 2015
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“Domestic science.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/domestic%20science. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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