domesticity
noun
do·mes·tic·i·ty
ˌdō-ˌme-ˈsti-sə-tē 
-mə-;
ˌdä-
plural domesticities
1
: the quality or state of being domestic or domesticated
2
: domestic activities or life
3
domesticities plural
: domestic affairs
Examples of domesticity in a Sentence
We got married and settled into a life of comfortable domesticity.
Recent Examples on the Web
Her rabbits, kittens, mice and squirrels are anthropomorphized, but there is a ruthless, survival-of-the-fittest ethos always in the background, creating a surreal fusion of quaint, cozy English domesticity and stern, Darwinian rigor.
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Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
Together, traces of the settlement paint a picture of cozy domesticity and relative plenty.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
Before the dot-com boom, the neighborhoods of Alamo Square and Hayes Valley, with their pastel Victorian row houses, were associated with staid domesticity.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Growing up, in Jerusalem, Kassis had been wary of the kitchen, and of the ways in which domesticity might trap her.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
The moment mirrors the broad terror that defines the band’s scuzzy, hooky rock music that takes aim at gentrification and homogeneity, settling down and domesticity.
—Pitchfork, 6 Dec. 2023
The very best thing about this book might be the way Quindlen, an anthropologist of domesticity, catalogs the sparklingly random moments that make up human experience.
—Catherine Newman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
The death of the girl boss was the birth of the trad boss who turns domesticity into a career.
—Abigail Anthony, National Review, 11 Feb. 2024
In their use of color, scale, handling, and composition, both approached themes of bourgeois recreation and domesticity behind doors in resolutely disruptive ways.
—Sam Needleman, The New York Review of Books, 6 Jan. 2024
Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
Together, traces of the settlement paint a picture of cozy domesticity and relative plenty.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
Before the dot-com boom, the neighborhoods of Alamo Square and Hayes Valley, with their pastel Victorian row houses, were associated with staid domesticity.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Growing up, in Jerusalem, Kassis had been wary of the kitchen, and of the ways in which domesticity might trap her.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
The moment mirrors the broad terror that defines the band’s scuzzy, hooky rock music that takes aim at gentrification and homogeneity, settling down and domesticity.
—Pitchfork, 6 Dec. 2023
The very best thing about this book might be the way Quindlen, an anthropologist of domesticity, catalogs the sparklingly random moments that make up human experience.
—Catherine Newman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
The death of the girl boss was the birth of the trad boss who turns domesticity into a career.
—Abigail Anthony, National Review, 11 Feb. 2024
In their use of color, scale, handling, and composition, both approached themes of bourgeois recreation and domesticity behind doors in resolutely disruptive ways.
—Sam Needleman, The New York Review of Books, 6 Jan. 2024
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“Domesticity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/domesticity. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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domesticity
noun
do·mes·tic·i·ty
ˌdō-ˌmes-ˈtis-ət-ē
-məs-,
də-
: the quality or state of being domestic or domesticated
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