domestication

[ duh-mes-ti-key-shuhn ]

noun

the act or process of taming an animal for human use or companionship:Shortly after their domestication as companions, dogs were put to use as weapons of war.
the act or process of adapting a plant to cultivation or converting it to household use:The domestication of modern wheat from wild grasses occurred in the Fertile Crescent and fueled the development of Indo-European culture.

the act or process of making someone accustomed to household life or affairs:When my friend and former business partner not only got married but became pregnant, I saw it as yet another step in her domestication.
the act or process of making a strange or challenging person or thing more familiar and acceptable:The author resists domestication of Nietzsche's philosophy, restoring the shock of his style and thought and interpreting him as a revolutionary philosopher.

Origin of domestication

First recorded in 1645–55; from Latin domesticāt-, stem of domesticāre “to dwell in a house” (see domesticate ) + -ion

It's worth stopping for a moment to consider just how weird they are within the realm of domestication.
The weird genomes of domesticated fish | John Timmer | November 6, 2020 | Ars Technica
The set of genes associated with the domestication of many crops direct the production of two key hormones, florigen and antiflorigen.
New Veggies for a Warming Planet - Issue 92: Frontiers | Viviane Callier | November 4, 2020 | Nautilus
Those genomes, along with those of modern dogs and wolves, show how dogs have moved around the world with people since their domestication.
Dogs were domesticated once from a lost population of wolves | Kiona N. Smith | October 29, 2020 | Ars Technica
In 1959, Belyaev began a project that has greatly informed our best guesses as to what we believe the earliest steps of domestication were.
Forget Everything You Know About Your Dog (Ep. 436) | Stephen J. Dubner | October 22, 2020 | Freakonomics
Animal prey and their spirits represented something close to equal partners in the struggle for survival, rather than being part of the kind of dominant-subservient relationship more likely to be associated with animal domestication.
The Psychic Toll of Severing the Hunter-Prey Relationship - Facts So Romantic | William Buckner | October 14, 2020 | Nautilus

What I see happening, with writers like Charlaine Harris and Stephenie Meyer, is the domestication of the vampire.
Anne Rice on Sparkly Vampires, ‘Twilight,’ ‘True Blood,’ and Werewolves | Marlow Stern | November 23, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
There is a disease to which the Horse, from his state of domestication, is frequently subject.
An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae | Edward Jenner
This wide diversity is the result of long domestication, under almost every conceivable variety of condition.
Domestic Animals | Richard L. Allen
The adaptation of the unicorns proceeded in the following years, but not their domestication.
Space Prison | Tom Godwin
This lies partly in its inherited nature and original surroundings, but suggests long domestication.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. Tyler
He has shown us that even on the steppe the cultivation of cereals precedes the domestication of sheep and cattle.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. Tyler

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