Cocooning (behaviour)

This article is about choosing to stay at home. For the vaccination strategy, see Cocooning (immunization).

Cocooning is staying inside one's home, insulated from perceived danger, instead of going out.[1][2][3] The term was coined in 1981 by Faith Popcorn, a trend forecaster and marketing consultant.[4] It is used in social science,[5][6] marketing,[7] parenting,[8][9] economic forecasting,[10] self-help,[11] religion,[12] and has become part of standard English as defined by multiple dictionaries.

  1. ^ "Cocooning". Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam Webster Di.ctionary.
  2. ^ Company, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing. "The American Heritage Dictionary entry: cocooning". ahdictionary.com. Retrieved 2016-09-11. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ "cocoon: definition of cocoon in Oxford dictionary (American English) (US)". www.oxforddictionaries.com. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-12. Alternate Link (Accessed 19 October 2023)
  4. ^ Snider, Mike (18 February 2013). "Cocooning: It's back and thanks to tech, it's bigger". USA Today. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
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  6. ^ Kobayashi, Tetsuro; Boase, Jeffrey (2014-04-01). "Tele-Cocooning: Mobile Texting and Social Scope". Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. 19 (3): 681–694. doi:10.1111/jcc4.12064. ISSN 1083-6101.
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  9. ^ Player, Corrie Lynn; Sember, Brette McWhorter (2008-08-17). The Everything Parent's Guide to Raising Your Adopted Child: A complete handbook to welcoming your adopted child into your heart and home. Everything Books. ISBN 978-1605507989.
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  11. ^ Holden, Robert (2008-05-01). Success Intelligence. Hay House, Inc. p. 143. ISBN 9781401922092. cocooning.
  12. ^ Miller, Ellen (2010-10-05). The One Year Book of Inspiration for Girlfriends: Juggling Not-So-Perfect, Often-Crazy, but Gloriously Real Lives. Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. ISBN 9781414337937.