Habit
['hæbɪt]
Definition
(noun.) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; 'owls have nocturnal habits'; 'she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair'; 'long use had hardened him to it'.
(noun.) a distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order.
(noun.) attire that is typically worn by a horseback rider (especially a woman's attire).
(noun.) an established custom; 'it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening'.
(noun.) the general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal); 'a shrub of spreading habit'.
(verb.) put a habit on.
Editor: Sheldon--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a religious habit; his habit is morose; elms have a spreading habit; esp., physical temperament or constitution; as, a full habit of body.
(n.) The general appearance and manner of life of a living organism.
(n.) Fixed or established custom; ordinary course of conduct; practice; usage; hence, prominently, the involuntary tendency or aptitude to perform certain actions which is acquired by their frequent repetition; as, habit is second nature; also, peculiar ways of acting; characteristic forms of behavior.
(n.) Outward appearance; attire; dress; hence, a garment; esp., a closely fitting garment or dress worn by ladies; as, a riding habit.
(n.) To inhabit.
(n.) To dress; to clothe; to array.
(n.) To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.] Chapman.
Editor: Maggie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Condition (of the body), constitution, temperament.[2]. Custom (of an individual), usage, wont, practice, habitude, way, manner, second nature.[3]. Dress, garb, HABILIMENT.
v. a. Dress, clothe, array, attire, accoutre.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Habituation, custom, familiarity, association, inurement, usage, practice, way,manner
ANT:dishabituation, inexperience, inconversance, desuetude,[See HABILIMENTS]
Typist: Lolita
Definition
n. ordinary course of conduct: tendency to perform certain actions: general condition or tendency as of the body: practice: custom: outward appearance: dress esp. any official or customary costume: a garment esp. a tight-fitting dress with a skirt worn by ladies on horseback.—v.t. to dress:—pr.p. hab′iting; pa.p. hab′ited.—adj. Hab′ited clothed dressed.—ns. Hab′it-mak′er one who makes women's riding-habits; Hab′it-shirt a thin muslin or lace under-garment worn by women on the neck and shoulders under the dress.—adj. Habit′ūal formed or acquired by frequent use: customary.—adv. Habit′ūally.—v.t. Habit′ūāte to cause to acquire a habit: to accustom.—ns. Habitūā′tion; Hab′itūde tendency from acquiring a habit: usual manner; Habitu (hab-it′ū-ā) a habitual frequenter of any place of entertainment &c.—Habit and repute a phrase in Scotch law to denote something so notorious that it affords strong and generally conclusive evidence of the facts to which it refers; Habit of body the general condition of the body as outwardly apparent: any constitutional tendency or weakness.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A shackle for the free.
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Examples
- And you would find the habit was broken. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Influenced by his predominant idea, he even fell into a habit of discussing with himself the possibility of her being in some way associated with it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It's not an instinct, it's a habit of cowardliness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A mere habit in me, sir. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The early habit of reading was wanting. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Her old bold life and habit instantly inspired her. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Many rich people, whom we poor devils are in the habit of envying, lead contentedly an existence like that above described. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Gerty's compassionate instincts, responding to the swift call of habit, swept aside all her reluctances. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I was not studious in habit, and probably did not make progress enough to compensate for the outlay for board and tuition. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- To me, who knew his every mood and habit, his attitude and manner told their own story. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mr Dorrit was in the habit of receiving this old man as if the old man held of him in vassalage under some feudal tenure. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She reclined, propped up, from mere habit, on a couch: as nearly in her old usual attitude, as anything so helpless could be kept in. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The long habit of rapid transitions made it easy for her to exclaim to the Duchess: Why, I thought you'd gone back to the Princess! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- No wonder that mankind have been in the habit of calling statesmen of this class pedants, sophisters, doctrinaires, visionaries. Plato. The Republic.
- You ain't in the habit of conversing with a deaf person, are you? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You would compare them, I said, to those invalids who, having no self-restraint, will not leave off their habits of intemperance? Plato. The Republic.
- We can clearly discern this in the case of animals with simple habits. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Their habits and their dwellings should correspond to their education. Plato. The Republic.
- The new legs last twice as long as the others used to do, and he attributes this solely to his temperate habits (triumphant cheers). Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- This signifies the capacity to acquire habits, or develop definite dispositions. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Her mind, disposition, opinions, and habits wanted no half-concealment, no self-deception on the present, no reliance on future improvement. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- A man of plain habits, he had sent his servants to bed and must needs go down to open the door. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Among the more rigid socialists and reformers it is not customary to spend much time discussing mental habits. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- This is a determinant which burrows beneath our ordinary classification of progressive and reactionary to the spiritual habits of a period. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Real life is beyond his control and influence because real life is largely agitated by impulses and habits, unconscious needs, faith, hope and desire. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Plasticity or the power to learn from experience means the formation of habits. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The more diversified in habits and structure the descendants of our carnivorous animals become, the more places they will be enabled to occupy. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Habits as Expressions of Growth. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- We speak of fixed habits. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I clung to my ferocious habits, yet half despised them; I continued my war against civilization, and yet entertained a wish to belong to it. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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