Domestication - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Domestication :  (noun)
1: adaptation to intimate association with human beings
2: the attribute of having been domesticated [syn: tameness] [ant: wildness]
3: accommodation to domestic life; "her explorer husband resisted all her attempts at domestication"

Based on WordNet 2.0

Domestication : \Do*mes`ti*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. domestication.] The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)

Example Usage of Domestication

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