homelife

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noun

The manner in which a person conducts themselves at home, as opposed to how they act in a professional setting.

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Meanings

nounhomelife (plural homelives)

plural homelives

  1. The manner in which a person conducts themselves at home, as opposed to how they act in a professional setting.

    They marry, have children and a very "liberated" homelife — she teaches at a college and he stays home with the kids and writes. Everything goes well until Helen dallies with one of her graduate students.

    1982 August 14, Michael Bronski, “If You Hated The Book You'll Loathe The Movie”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 5, page 10

Origin

From home + life.

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APA

homelife. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homelife

MLA

“homelife.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homelife. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “homelife,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homelife.

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