C2nounformalhomerelationships
US/ˌdoʊ.mesˈtɪs.ə.ti/
UK/ˌdɒm.esˈtɪs.ə.ti/
home and family life, and the everyday jobs and feelings that belong to it
In context
After ten years on the road, he found it hard to settle into quiet domesticity.
Her paintings show scenes of everyday domesticity: cooking, washing and sleeping children.
The couple's calm domesticity ended when their landlord suddenly sold the house.
Words that go with domesticity
adjective + noun
- quiet domesticityShe longed for quiet domesticity after years of touring.
- comfortable domesticityThe novel describes a marriage of comfortable domesticity.
- cozy domesticityWarm lamps and the smell of soup created a feeling of cozy domesticity.
noun + preposition
- scenes of domesticityThe museum displays scenes of domesticity from a Hanoi home in 1930.
verb + preposition
- settle into domesticityFew expected the rock star to settle into domesticity so easily.