English Explanatory Dictionary

domestication

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.
  2. 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.
  3. The act of domesticating a text.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-domestication.wav

Word forms

domestication domestications

Etymology

From domesticate + -ion.

Derived words

dedomestication domestication syndrome geodomestication neodomestication overdomestication peridomestication postdomestication predomestication self-domestication semidomestication undomestication
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