Antonyms for habituation


Grammar : Noun
Spell : huh-bich-oo-ey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : həˌbɪtʃ uˈeɪ ʃən


Definition of habituation

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Medieval Latin habituationem, noun of action from habituare (see habituate (v.)).
  • As in naturalization : noun adoption
  • As in adaptation : noun condition of something resulting from change
  • As in reappearance : noun recurrence
  • As in recurrence : noun repeated happening
  • As in reoccurrence : noun recurrence
  • As in restatement : noun repetition
Example sentences :
  • The overcoming of this resistance is a phenomenon of habituation.
  • Extract from : « The Mind and Its Education » by George Herbert Betts
  • If such a habituation be identical among all, it is a synonym.
  • Extract from : « Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 » by Plotinos (Plotinus)
  • How indeed could a sickness, become a habituation, or be a reason?
  • Extract from : « Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 » by Plotinos (Plotinus)
  • It introduces the conceptions of fatigue, practice, and habituation.
  • Extract from : « Essays in Experimental Logic » by John Dewey
  • It was only by practice and habituation that men could become either virtuous or wise.
  • Extract from : « Locke » by Thomas Fowler
  • (I use the word "training" in the double sense of habituation and enlightenment).
  • Extract from : « The Unpopular Review Vol. I » by Various
  • The home is the first place for life's habituation to service.
  • Extract from : « Religious Education in the Family » by Henry F. Cope
  • The operations in arithmetic illustrate most of the results of habituation.
  • Extract from : « The Science of Human Nature » by William Henry Pyle
  • Even Mrs. Fenwick's habituation to her daughter's incisive method is no proof against this.
  • Extract from : « Somehow Good » by William de Morgan
  • Galen remarks upon the immediate activity of animal instinct prior to example or habituation.
  • Extract from : « The Philosophy of Natural Theology » by William Jackson

Synonyms for habituation

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