noun ·5 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   accommodation to domestic life wordnet
3. 3
   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. countable, uncountable
4. 4
   the attribute of having been domesticated wordnet
5. 5
   The act of domesticating a text. countable, uncountable

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6. 6
   adaptation to intimate association with human beings wordnet

Synonyms

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accommodationadjustmentconditioninghabituationhardeninghumiliation

Antonyms

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wildness

Example

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"Zebras become progressively more ill-tempered as they age, which militates against their domestication."

Etymology

From domesticate + -ion.

Related phrases

domestication syndromeself-domestication

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