being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
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habituation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | addiction, dependance, dependence, dependency |
| Type of | physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state |
| Has types | drug addiction, white plague |
| Derivation | habituate |
habituation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | fitting, adjustment, accommodation |
| Derivation | habituate |
Examples of habituation
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Habituation affects the ability to distinguish odors after continuous exposure.
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The two distinct processes are a habituation process and a sensitization process.
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But familiarity breeds habituation, and habituation, in turn, breeds insouciance.
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Habituation of cannabis is common, even when nothing is wrong with the individual.
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Meal pattern characteristics were measured for seven days during habituation.
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Like Aristotle, whose shade he revered, he believed in habituation to virtuous acts.
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It is widely accepted that habituation represents a basic form of learning.
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Importantly, this work led to the discovery of the concept of habituation.
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The legacy of environmental catastrophes is, instead, a hybrid of amnesia and habituation.
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- Addiction: 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
- (habituate) use: take or consume (regularly or habitually); "She uses drugs rarely"
- (habituate) make psychologically or physically used (to something); "She became habituated to the background music"
- Habituation, a form of non-associative learning, is the psychological process in humans and other organisms in which there is a decrease in psychological and behavioral response to a stimulus after repeated exposure to that stimulus over a duration of time.
- The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated
- (habituate) To turn into a habit, to make habitual
- (HABITUATE) to decrease responding or attention after multiple exposures to a stimulus; see dishabituate
- (Habituate) in a bird control context this term is used to describe the process whereby a bird becomes accustomed to a particular control or scaring device
