Dictionary Definition
domestic adj
1 of concern to or concerning the internal
affairs of a nation; "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway
construction" [ant: foreign]
2 of or relating to the home; "domestic servant";
"domestic science"
3 of or involving the home or family; "domestic
worries"; "domestic happiness"; "they share the domestic chores";
"everything sounded very peaceful and domestic"; "an author of
blood-and-thunder novels yet quite domestic in his taste" [ant:
undomestic]
4 converted or adapted to domestic use; "domestic
animals"; "domesticated plants like maize" [syn: domesticated]
5 produced in a particular country; "domestic
wine"; "domestic oil" n : a household servant [syn: domestic
help, house
servant]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
Latin domesticus < Latin domus (house, home)Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛstɪk
Adjective
- Of or related to the home
- 1994: George Whitmore, Getting Rid of Robert in Violet Quill - “Dan’s not as domestic as you," I commented rather nastily.
- Of or related to activities normally associated with the
home, wherever they
actually occur
- See, for example, domestic violence, domestic hot water
- (Of a domesticated animal) kept
by someone, for example as a farm animal or a pet.
- 1890: US Bureau of Animal Industry, Annual report v 6/7, 1889/90 - It shall be the duty of any owner or person in charge of any domestic animal or animals.
- Internal to a specific country
- 1996 Robert O. Keohane, Helen V. Milner, Internationalization and Domestic Politics - The proportion of international economic flows relative to domestic ones.
Translations
of or related to activities normally associated
with the home, wherever they actually occur
- Finnish: koti-, perhe-, kotitalous-
internal to a specific country
- Finnish: kotimaan (genitive of a noun), kotimaan-, kotimainen
- Hebrew: פנימי (pnimy)
- Kurdish:
Antonyms
- (of or related to the home): adventurous, social
- (local): foreign
Synonyms
- (of or related to the home): bourgeois, civilized, comfortable
Noun
- A house servant; a maid.
- Mary Romero, Maid in the U.S.A. - New standards of cleanliness increased the workload for domestics.
- A domestic dispute, whether verbal or violent
- 2005: Bellingham-Whatcom County Commission Against Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence in Whatcom County (read on the Whatcom County website athttp://www.co.whatcom.wa.us/boards/dv_whatcom042505.pdf on 20 May 2006) - The number of “verbal domestics” (where law enforcement determines that no assault has occurred and where no arrest is made), decreased significantly.
Translations
house servant; a maid
- Finnish: kotiapulainen, piika
domestic dispute, whether verbal or violent
- Finnish: perheriita
Related terms
Extensive Definition
Domestic or domestique can refer to:
- Domestic policy is policy existing or occurring inside a country, not foreign or international
- An animal or plant that has been domesticated
- A cycling domestique
- A domestic worker, see also housekeeper
- Something pertaining to home
- A domestic misfit
- A domestic disturbance (UK Police slang)
- Domestic airport
- Domestic violence
- Domestic Adultery
- Domestic (band) released by Trust in Trance Records
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
anchoritic, autochthonous, cloistered, domal, domestic servant, domesticated, domiciliary, drudge, eremitic, family, help, hermitic, hermitish, hired help,
home, household, housekeeper, indigenous, inland, internal, intestine, manorial, mansional, menial, municipal, national, native, palatial, private, recluse, residential, residentiary, scullion, sequestered, servant, servitor, shut in, shut up,
slavey, stay-at-home,
steward, subdued, submissive, tame, turnspit