home economics


noun

the art and science of home management.
a college curriculum usually including studies in nutrition, the purchase, preparation, and service of food, interior design, clothing and textiles, child development, family relationships, and household economics.

Origin of home economics

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

OTHER WORDS FROM home economics

home economist, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for home economics

home economics

noun

(functioning as singular or plural) the study of diet, budgeting, child care, textiles, and other subjects concerned with running a home

Derived forms of home economics

home economist, noun