housewifization

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noun

The process by which the division of labor has relegated women to the role of housewife.

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Meanings

nounhousewifization (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe 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

From housewife + -ization.

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housewifization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/housewifization

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“housewifization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/housewifization. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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