| Pronunciation: | | dum`estuk'eyshun
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- [n] accommodation to domestic life; "her explorer husband resisted all her attempts at domestication"
- [n] the attribute of having been domesticated
- [n] adaptation to intimate association with human beings
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| | Synonyms: | | tameness |
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| | Antonyms: | | wildness |
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| | See Also: | | accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, flexibility, tractability, tractableness |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Do*mes`ti*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. domestication.]
The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action
of taming wild animals.
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| | Definition: | | the process by which people try to control the reproductive rates of animals and plants by ordering the environment in such a way as to favor certain species. |
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