Habituation
[hə,bɪtʃʊ'eʃən]
Definition
(noun.) a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions.
Typed by Julie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated.
Typist: Paul
Examples
- Was not the only true, because the only moral, life gained through obedient habituation to the customary practices of the community? John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- To Plato experience meant habituation, or the conservation of the net product of a lot of past chance trials. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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