Domesticality

/dəˌmɛstɪˈkæləti/ noun

Definition

The quality or state of being domestic; attachment to home and family life, or the characteristic conditions and practices of home life.

Etymology

From 'domestic' (relating to the home) + '-ality' (quality or state). Built on Latin 'domesticus' through French 'domestique.'

Kelly Says

Victorian literature obsessed over 'domesticity' and 'domesticality'—the ideal of women devoted to home—but the word originally just meant 'home-ness,' showing how gendered meanings get layered onto neutral words over time.

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