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habituation

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11 lettersPronunciation /həˌbɪt.juˈeɪ.ʃən/Part of speech nounSorted aabhiinottuStarts with HEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions

Word origin

From Middle English habituacioun, from Medieval Latin habituātio.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • 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, […]

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