domesticity
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5ADJ.
associated, autoerotic
VERB + DOMESTICITY
framing, sign
DOMESTICITY + NOUN
retentiveness, sentiment
PREP.
about, in, with
ADV.
increasingly, really
Definitions
noun
Life at home; homelife.
The Neolithic of 8000 to 6000 B.C. is in the sign of Cancer, a feminine sign associated with domesticity, retentiveness, and sentiment.
Domestic chores; housework.
Besides the jar of contrast there came to her a chill self-reproach that she had not returned sooner, to help her mother in these domesticities, instead of indulging herself out-of-doors.
Affection for the home and its material comforts.
As we have seen, Browning renovates her life-after-divorce by framing her domesticity in increasingly autoerotic terms. With her sensuous boudoir, lust for furniture, love affair with houses, and espousal of baked goods, hers is an appetitive domesticity geared to self-pleasure.
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4The Neolithic of 8000 to 6000 B.C. is in the sign of Cancer, a feminine sign associated with domesticity, retentiveness, and sentiment.
WiktionaryBesides the jar of contrast there came to her a chill self-reproach that she had not returned sooner, to help her mother in these domesticities, instead of indulging herself out-of-doors.
WiktionaryAs we have seen, Browning renovates her life-after-divorce by framing her domesticity in increasingly autoerotic terms. With her sensuous boudoir, lust for furniture, love affair with houses, and espo
WiktionaryBlogs about domesticity can be really appealing to parents who stay home to raise their children.
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