Habituation

Quick meaning: Habituation is a noun meaning The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

[…] 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.

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.

Cultivating it on a regular basis improves our attitude towards writing and makes us more resilient. But in order to make it work we have to 'unadapt' to the habituation that familiarity can bring, […]

It is easy to be satisfied if you get out of things what inheres in them, but you must look closely, take nothing for granted, let nothing become routine. You must fight against the cocoon of habituation which covers everything.

Word Forms

• habituations

Related Words

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