Catmesticate

Catmesticate (catfintion) – a sustained, multi-generational attempt to keep felines as pets over which humans exercise control.

In use: “Scientists agree that dogs are domesticated, but after studying the history of cats and humans, concluded that they can’t agree that cats have become domesticated. The conclusion prompted catologists to create a new term, catmesticate, in an effort to define the roles and relationships between cats and humans.”