domestication
noun
Simple meaning
The action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
dəmɛstəˈkeɪʃən
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Definition
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noun
The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.
The act of domesticating, or making a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.
translation studies
The act of domesticating a text.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- C2 · Proficient (estimated)
- Frequency
- Rare
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This meaning: The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.
Used this way, domestication is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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More ways to use domestication
- “Her explorer husband resisted all her attempts at domestication.”noun
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With respect to the internal affairs of a government.
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Sense: domesticating or or accustoming to home
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