habituation
pronunciation
How to pronounce habituation in British English:
UK [həbɪtjʊ'eɪʃən]
How to pronounce habituation in American English:
US [həˌbɪtʃu'eɪʃən]
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- Noun:
- being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
- a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions
Word Origin
- habituation (n.)
- mid-15c., "action of forming a habit; customary practice," from Medieval Latin habituationem (nominative habituatio), noun of action from past participle stem of habituare "bring into a condition or habit of the body" (see habituate (v.)). Meaning "condition of being habituated" is from 1816.
Example
- 1. " Habituation is a form of learning and a form of memory , " nijhuis said .
- 2. The laws of change , habituation and comparative feeling .
- 3. This change in response is called " habituation . "
- 4. Women experience greater heat pain adaptation and habituation than men .
- 5. She the habituation composing always produces the witty lovable watch .