Home › Words › S › semidomesticationsemidomesticationsemidomestication means the process of bringing an animal to a semidomesticated state.EtymologyFrom semi- + domestication.nounThe process of bringing an animal to a semidomesticated state.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.semidomestic 81% match — Partially domesticated; accustomed to living together with humans vs semidomestication →semiwild 72% match — Partly wild. vs semidomestication →dedomestication 71% match — The process of returning a domesticated animal to the wild. vs semidomestication →semicaptivity 68% match — The condition of being kept partially in captivity. vs semidomestication →semicaptive 67% match — Kept partially in captivity. vs semidomestication →semiferal 67% match — Partly feral. vs semidomestication →neodomestication 66% match — Relatively recent domestication vs semidomestication →domestication 65% match — The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants. vs semidomestication →