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Definition of "domestic" []

  • Of or relating to the family or household: domestic chores. (adjective)
  • Fond of home life and household affairs. (adjective)
  • Tame or domesticated. Used of animals. (adjective)
  • Of or relating to a country's internal affairs: domestic issues such as tax rates and highway construction. (adjective)
  • Produced in or indigenous to a particular country: domestic oil; domestic wine. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "domestic" in a sentence
  • "Sarah Palin and a Republican led government are the domestic terrorists yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Sarah Palin and a Republican led government are the domestic terrorists'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: To me true \'domestic terrorism\' is where a government does not respond to the plight of its people. '"
  • "The "Better This World" filmmakers, Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega, said they came away from their reporting with a recognition that use of the term "domestic terrorist" had broadened dramatically since the Sept. 11 attacks."
  • ""Though the Supreme Court in Morrison did not explicitly define the phrase 'domestic transactions,' there can be little doubt that the phrase was intended to be a reference to the location of the transaction, not to the location of the purchaser and that the Supreme Court clearly sought to bar claims based on purchases and sales of foreign securities on foreign exchanges, even though the purchasers were American," Judge Holwell said."