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housewifization

housewifization noun: the process by which the division of labor has relegated women to the role of housewife.

Noun

housewifization (uncountable)

  1. The process by which the division of labor has relegated women to the role of housewife.
    • What the experts call flexibilization of labour, some of us have called the housewifization of labour.1986, Maria Mies, Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale, Zed Books Ltd., page 16

Origin of housewifization

From housewife + -ization.

Questions about housewifization

What does housewifization mean?
Housewifization means the process by which the division of labor has relegated women to the role of housewife.
What part of speech is housewifization?
Housewifization is a noun.

Words near housewifization in the dictionary

  1. housewifes
  2. housewifeship
  3. housewifey
  4. housewifing
  5. housewifish
  6. housewifization
  7. housewifry
  8. housewindow
  9. housewindows
  10. housewive
  11. housewived

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