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• Rhymes: -ɛstɪk

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domestic (comparative more domestic, superlative most domestic)

1. 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.
2. Of or related to activities normally associated with the home, wherever they actually occur
   • See, for example, domestic violence, domestic hot water
3. (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.
4. 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.

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• (of or related to the home): adventurous, social
• (local): foreign

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• (of or related to the home): bourgeois, civilized, comfortable

[ Noun

domestic (plural domestics)

1. A house servant; a maid.
   • Mary Romero, Maid in the U.S.A. - New standards of cleanliness increased the workload for domestics.
2. A domestic dispute, whether verbal or violent
   • 2005: Bellingham-Whatcom County Commission Against Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence in Whatcom County (read on thee Whatcom County website at[[1] 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.

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