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domestication

/dəmˌɛstəkˈeɪʃən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English

Syllables
do-mes-ti-ca-tion
IPA
/dəmˌɛstəkˈeɪʃən/
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The act of domesticating a text.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English domesticate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English domestication From domesticate + -ion.

Usage

Inflected Forms

domestications (plural)

Derived Forms

codomestication dedomestication geodomestication neodomestication overdomestication peridomestication postdomestication predomestication semidomestication undomestication

Phrases

domestication syndrome self-domestication

Synonyms

tameness

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization nation location application

Questions

How do you pronounce domestication?
The recorded pronunciation is /dəmˌɛstəkˈeɪʃən/.
What does domestication mean?
The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.
Where does domestication come from?
Etymology tree English domesticate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English domestication From domesticate + -ion.

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