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habituation

noun
/həˌbɪt.juˈeɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English habituacioun, from Medieval Latin habituātio.

  1. derived from habituātio
  2. inherited from habituacioun

Definitions

  1. The act of habituating, or accustoming

    The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated.

    • Long habituation to one kind of life and situation, hath given rise to peculiarities, which to many minds seem unaccountable, yet in reality are perfectly reconcilable to the laws of nature.
    • […] it may have been that he was by nature and long habituation far too wedded to a fiery whaleman’s ways, altogether to abandon the collateral prosecution of the voyage.

  2. The process of becoming accustomed to an internal or external stimulus, such as a noxious…

    The process of becoming accustomed to an internal or external stimulus, such as a noxious smell or loud noise.

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Derived

dishabituation, rehabituation

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for habituation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA