Definitions

domesticity

[doh-me-stis-i-tee] / ˌdoʊ mɛˈstɪs ɪ ti /

NOUN

home life

Synonyms

STRONG

domestication

WEAK

family life staying at home

Example Sentences

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What it says about America: Wartime nostalgia and postwar domesticity codified the modern American holiday season.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

For a heartbeat, you can almost imagine an alternate ending: two lonely figures passing the winter in gentle domesticity, breaking bread, tending the fire, building a language out of generosity.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025

The two could civilly debate the issues of the day while cheerily disagreeing with each other—serving as a model of bipartisan debate and domesticity.

From Slate • Nov. 1, 2024

The second thing is the intimacy and domesticity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2024

Such domesticity among men was unknown to the girls, and Fiona said she would marry no man who had not served in the Royal Navy.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan