Domestication
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Domestication is a noun meaning The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.
Meaning
The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.
More Meanings
- (translation studies) The act of domesticating a text.
- 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.
Word Forms
- domestications
Synonyms for domestication
Depending on context, synonyms include tameness.
Antonyms for domestication
Common opposites include wildness.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tameness, adoption, uptake, internalization, mainstreaming, enactment.
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