"home economics" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} home economics (uncountable)
  1. The study of homemaking, including cookery, needlework, cleaning, etc. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: household arts, domestic science, family and consumer science Translations (the study of homemaking): 家政 (jiāzhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), 家政學 (Chinese Mandarin), 家政学 (jiāzhèngxué) (Chinese Mandarin), huishoudkunde [feminine] (Dutch), kotitalous (Finnish), kotitalousoppi (Finnish), économie domestique [feminine] (French), Hauswirtschaft [feminine] (German), Hauswirtschaftlehre [feminine] (German), οικιακή οικονομία (oikiakí oikonomía) [feminine] (Greek), háztartástan (Hungarian), 家政学 (kaseigaku) (alt: かせいがく) (Japanese), kemahiran hidup (Malay), prace ręczne [neuter] (Polish), technika [neuter, plural] (Polish), economia doméstica [feminine] (Portuguese), дома́шнее хозя́йство (domášneje xozjájstvo) [neuter] (Russian), домово́дство (domovódstvo) [neuter] (Russian), banas-taighe [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), edukasyong pangtahan (Tagalog), คหกรรมศาสตร์ (Thai)

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