Noun: domestication du,mes-ti'key-shun
- Adaptation to intimate association with human beings
"The domestication of wolves led to the development of various dog breeds"
- The attribute of having been domesticated
"The domestication of wolves led to the various dog breeds we have today";
- tameness
- Accommodation to domestic life
"her explorer husband resisted all her attempts at domestication"
Derived forms: domestications
Type of: accommodation, adaptation, adaption, adjustment, fitting, flexibility, tractability, tractableness
Antonym: wildness
Encyclopedia: Domestication