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home economics
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home economics
n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
The science and art of home management.
home economist n.
home economics
n
(Social Science / Education) (functioning as singular or plural) the study of diet, budgeting, child care, textiles, and other subjects concerned with running a home
home economist  n
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Noun1.home economicshome economics - theory and practice of homemaking    
domestic science, home ec, household arts
social science - the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society
Translations
home economics n → economia domestica
home economics n → economia domestica


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The recipes were developed in collaboration with dental, nursing and dietary specialists as well as with a home economist.
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In 1980 author Doris Christopher, former home economist and teacher, wanted to return to the workforce after raising her children: she began selling high-quality kitchen tools through cooking demonstrations and began her company, The Pampered Chef, from her basement.
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One reason for this shift, according to Neuhaus, was that the work of the domestic scientist, now home economist, changed from uplifting and Americanizing the immigrant masses to getting middle-class white women to consume.
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