homemakingn.
/ˈhəʊmˌmeɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhoʊ(m)ˌmeɪkɪŋ/ The action or activity of running one's own home or household; the activities of a homemaker.
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society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration > domestic management
housewifeship?c1225
cove and keyc1250
husbandryc1300
economica1393
ménagea1393
householda1398
householdinga1425
housewifery1440
economyc1454
economics1535
house rule1579
householdry1581
managery1586
housekeeping1652
household management1741
notability1756
homebuilding1757
domestic economy1778
Wirtschaft1841
homekeeping1846
housecraft1848
homemaking1863
home economics1872
home science1886
household science1896
domestic science1897
1863 Cornhill Mag. Oct. 455 She had not Berta's rare gift of home-making, her sweet repose of manner, her unselfish devotion to those for whom she cared.
1876 C. M. Yonge Womankind xxx. 266 Home-making is..her paramount earthly duty.
1895 J. R. Miller (title) Home-making, or the ideal family life.
1954 C. Beasley Democracy in Home vi. 115 Homemaking, like any other career, calls for special qualities and preparation.
1988 D. Roberts Jean Stafford i. 14 At the end of each day she would tot up the ‘accomplishments’ of her previous twelve hours of homemaking.
2003 M. H. Moran Finding Susan xi. 123 My mother involved herself in charities as well as full-time homemaking and motherhood.
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1870 Appletons' Jrnl. 7 May 519/2 A full third of the business-day is spent in getting to and from business—just the time that should be devoted to home-making pleasures or labors.
1890 W. Booth In Darkest Eng. i. viii. 66 The general shiftlessness from the home-making point of view.
1940 Educ. Forum May 423/1 Those involved in developing a homemaking program believe that true education is based upon the needs of the pupil.
1979 B. T. Eiduson in D. Reiss & H. Hoffman Amer. Family v. 182 The economics are shared, as are decision-making, homemaking jobs, etc.
2000 Rosemary Conley Diet & Fitness Oct. 10/3 With Kathryn's home-making skills came..freshly baked cakes and biscuits.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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