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domestic Definition

do·mes·tic (dō mes′tik, də-)

adjective

  1. having to do with the home or housekeeping; of the house or family domestic joys
  2. of one's own country or the country referred to
  3. made or produced in the home country; native domestic wine
  4. domesticated; tame: said of animals
  5. enjoying and attentive to the home and family life

Etymology: ME < OFr domestique < L domesticus < domus: see dome

noun

  1. a servant for the home, as a maid or cook
  2. native products
  3. sheets, blankets, towels, etc.

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domestic Synonyms

domestic

modif.

  1. Relating or devoted to home

    home, household, familial, family, home-loving, devoted to one's family, homely, homelike, homey, domesticated, fond of home, stay-at-home, devoted to the lares and penates, liking one's own fireside, quiet, sedentary, indoor, tame, settled, residential, private, internal, national, interstate, inland (British); see also home 1, tranquil 1.

    Antonyms unruly*, roving*, foreign. *

  2. Home-grown

    indigenous, native, handcrafted, homemade; see homemade, native 2.

domestic Law Definition

adj

Pertaining to the internal affairs or products of a country; relating to matters of the family.
domestic Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • violence: Domestic violence affects 1 in 4 women at some point in their adult lives.
  • appliance: Slovenian manufacturer Gorenje have launched the second wave of their Happy Campaign to encourage even further sales of their domestic appliances across the country.
  • abuse: The children coped well with the issue of domestic abuse.
  • burglary: It has played a major part in reducing domestic burglary by 24 % in two years.
  • servant: Interior of a House, Housekeeping, Family, All Domestic Servants.
  • flight: Not included: domestic flight Please note a visa is required for travel to Brazil.

Modifying Another Word

  • purely: Shareholders in key, purely domestic French companies may face more hurdles if they want to sell to foreigners.
  • predominantly: The variety of structures that currently exists, driven probably by national specificities, confirms their predominantly domestic nature.
  • mostly: Species diversity is generally low, with mostly domestic mammal remains.
  • mainly: Most of these cases could be due to other sources of asbestos exposure, mainly domestic or environmental.
  • primarily: Discussed is the distribution, species affected ( primarily domestic fowls ), clinical signs and symptoms, transmission, and control strategies.
  • especially: Resourcing is an issue -- especially domestic violence toward children who come out.

Used with adjective complement

  • include: Including domestic, civil, criminal and commercial cases.
domestic Quotes

Whatever the economic value of the domestic industry of women is, they do not get it. The women who do the most work get the least money, and the women who have the most money do the least work.

—Gilman and Charlotte Perkins Stetson

In everyage and country, the wiser, or at least the stronger, ofthetwosexes, hasusurped thepowers ofthe state, and confined the other to the cares and pleasures of domestic life.

—Gibbon, Edward

Observing these people I am no longer surprised that there is such a scarcity of domestic servants at home.

—Maugham,W(illiam) Somerset

   Women were expected to have weak opinions; but the great safeguard of society and of domestic life was, that opinions were not acted on. Sane people did what their neighbours did, so that if any lunatics were at large, one might know and avoid them.

—Eliot, George pseudonym of  MaryAnn Evans

I've never understood this liking for war. It panders to instincts already catered for within the scope of any respectable domestic establishment.

—Bennett, Alan

When domestic servants are treated as human beings it is not worth while to keep them.

—Shaw, George Bernard