domesticity

Example Sentences

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“Home music-making was at the core of Victorian domesticity, and a woman—wife, mother, daughter—considered the ‘angel in the home,’ would have been sitting at the genteel parlor piano playing this tune,” says Fink.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Amanda Knehans’ beautifully designed set, as snug as it is appealing, grounds the action in a clean and cozy domesticity.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2025

Even the category of tradwife, a label for adherents of a movement promoting traditional gender roles and female domesticity, contains multitudes.

From Slate • Dec. 14, 2024

But it’s also possible to see these works as filtering the domesticity of the School of Paris painting through Abstract Expressionism’s often raw boldness.

From New York Times • May 2, 2024

I enjoyed domesticity, even though I had little time for it.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela