DOMESTICATION Synonyms

• the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture

• all the knowledge and values shared by a society

• the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure

• elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression

• the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)

• helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

• the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization

• the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

• producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring

• a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)

• the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization

• a particular society at a particular time and place

• the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste

• the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies

• socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners

• (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale)

• a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality

• the process of fostering the growth of something

• the act of raising or growing plants (especially on a large scale)

• the quality of being domestic or domesticated

• domestic activities or life

• the quality of being brought into conformity with nature

• the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship

• the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous

• changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology

• a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government

• a community of people smaller than a town

• a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it

• the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies

• something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making

• an area where a group of families live together

• termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities

• forced submission to control by others

• the act of subjugating by cruelty

• the act of conquering

• activity leading to skilled behavior

• the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)

• very restrained or quiet

• brought from wildness into a domesticated state

• flat and uninspiring

• very docile

• correct by punishment or discipline

• make less strong or intense; soften

• adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

• overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable

• make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans

• the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated

• the attribute of having been domesticated