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domestic

do·mes·tic

US/dəˈmɛs.tɪk/ fairly common informal

adjective

1.

of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation

  • “domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction”
Antonyms
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”
4.

converted or adapted to domestic use

  • “domestic animals”
  • “domesticated plants like maize”
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5.

produced in a particular country

  • “domestic wine”
  • “domestic oil”
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noun

Origin

From Middle French domestique, from Latin domesticus, from domus (“house, home”).

Phrases

  • domestic appliance
  • domestic arts
  • domestic blindness
  • domestic cat
  • domestic debt
  • domestic dependent nation
  • domestic dispute
  • domestic dog

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