cocoonings

Noun

cocooning (countable and uncountable, plural cocoonings)

1. The formation of a cocoon.
2. (broadly) 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