Domestication

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of becoming domestic, or the state of being domesticated; home life; home-like association or familiarity.
  • noun. The act of converting to domestic uses, as wild animals or plants, by taming or cultivation; the state of being made domestic: as, the domestication of the zebra has been attempted; the domestication of the potato.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.
  • noun. 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the attribute of having been domesticated
  • noun. adaptation to intimate association with human beings
  • noun. accommodation to domestic life
  • Word Usage
    "MAVUSO MBHEKISENI: People were educated, through what we call domestication, that they should love one party, because that party gave them-will give them freedom."
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