Domestic
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English
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Etymology
Latin domesticus < Latin domus (house, home)
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Adjective
domestic
- Of or related to the home
- 1994: George Whitmore, Getting Rid of Robert in Violet Quill - “Dan’s not as domestic as you," I commented rather nastily.
- Of or related to activities normally associated with the home, wherever they actually occur
- See, for example, domestic violence, domestic hot water
- (Of a domesticated animal) kept by someone, for example as a farm animal or a pet.
- 1890: US Bureau of Animal Industry, Annual report v 6/7, 1889/90 - It shall be the duty of any owner or person in charge of any domestic animal or animals.
- Internal to a specific country
- 1996 Robert O. Keohane, Helen V. Milner, Internationalization and Domestic Politics - The proportion of international economic flows relative to domestic ones.
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Translations
- Finnish: koti- (1), perhe- (1), kesy (2), kotimaan- (3), kotimainen (3)
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Antonyms
- (of or related to the home): adventurous, social
- (local): foreign
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Synonyms
- (of or related to the home): bourgeois, civilized, comfortable
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Noun
domestic (domestics)
- A house servant; a maid.
- Mary Romero, Maid in the U.S.A. - New standards of cleanliness increased the workload for domestics.
- A domestic dispute, whether verbal or violent
- 2005: Bellingham-Whatcom County Commission Against Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence in Whatcom County (read on the Whatcom County website at[[1]] on 20 May 2006) - The number of “verbal domestics” (where law enforcement determines that no assault has occurred and where no arrest is made), decreased significantly.
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Translations
- Finnish: kotiapulainen (1), palvelija (1)
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