Domestication
[dəʊ,mestɪkeɪʃən] or [də,mɛstə'keʃən]
Definition
(noun.) accommodation to domestic life; 'her explorer husband resisted all her attempts at domestication'.
(noun.) adaptation to intimate association with human beings.
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Definition
(n.) The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Settlement, colonization, localization, taming
ANT:Dissettlement, displacement, dislodgment, ejection, deportation, exile,dispeoplement
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Examples
- But this instinct retained by our chickens has become useless under domestication, for the mother-hen has almost lost by disuse the power of flight. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Some authors believe that long-continued domestication eliminates this strong tendency to sterility in species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- This, in fact, is the great bar to the domestication of animals. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Under domestication, it may truly be said that the whole organisation becomes in some degree plastic. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- There is no reason why the principles which have acted so efficiently under domestication should not have acted under nature. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Under domestication monstrosities sometimes occur which resemble normal structures in widely different animals. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- From these considerations, I shall devote the first chapter of this abstract to variation under domestication. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- If we turn to varieties, produced, or supposed to have been produced, under domestication, we are still involved in some doubt. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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