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Domestication Common

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Domestication has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

adaptation to intimate association with human beings

2

the attribute of having been domesticated

3

accommodation to domestic life

"her explorer husband resisted all her attempts at domestication"

4

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

Related Terms
Antonyms
wildness
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
adaptation tractability adjustment
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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