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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An exquisitely observed scene depicts a full weekend Suzanna is allowed to spend with her mother in a prison trailer, a simulacrum of domesticity.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

He’s the un-Rembrandt, a poet of intimate domesticity whose nine paintings here are less than 2 feet per side.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

In her columns for “Smart Housekeeping,” Elizabeth presides over an idyll of New England domesticity.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2025

Initially, he was thinking of this body of work in terms of domesticity.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

Institutional dourness and cheerful domesticity coexist on the fourth floor of the Finney County Courthouse.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote