cocooning
cocooning noun: the formation of a cocoon. Also the present participle and gerund of cocoon.
Noun
cocooning (countable and uncountable, plural cocoonings)
- The formation of a cocoon.
- The act of staying inside one's home, insulated from perceived danger, instead of going out.
- The rise of social cocooning, beginning in the 1980s, greatly impacted the social life of families. Where once families lived in more modest-sized homes and spent time engaged in community endeavors such as church, PTA and school functions[…], many families now have more spacious homes with enough...2014, “Cocooning”, in Marilyn J. Coleman, Lawrence H. Ganong, editors, The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia, SAGE Publications, →ISBN
Also used as
cocooning is also the present participle and gerund of cocoon.
Forms of cocooning
| plural | cocoonings |
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Origin of cocooning
The sense of staying in one's home was coined by American futurologist Faith Popcorn in 1981.
Questions about cocooning
- What does cocooning mean?
- Cocooning means the formation of a cocoon.
- What part of speech is cocooning?
- Cocooning is a noun.
- What is the plural of cocooning?
- The plural of cocooning is cocoonings.
Words near cocooning in the dictionary
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