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HOME ECONOMICS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does home economics mean?
• HOME ECONOMICS (noun)
The noun HOME ECONOMICS has 1 sense:
1. theory and practice of homemaking
Familiarity information: HOME ECONOMICS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Theory and practice of homemaking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
domestic science; home ec; home economics; household arts
Hypernyms ("home economics" is a kind of...):
social science (the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society)
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