Habituation
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Habituation![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Habituation \Ha*bit`u*a"tion\ (h[.a]*b[i^]t"[-u]*[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [Cf. F. habituation.] The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated. [1913 Webster] Source: WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
habituation
n 1: being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something
that is psychologically or physically habit-forming
(especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) [syn: addiction,
dependence, dependance, dependency, habituation]
2: a general accommodation to unchanging environmental
conditions
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 45 Moby Thesaurus words for "habituation": a habit, acclimation, acclimatization, accommodation, accustoming, acquired tolerance, acute alcoholism, adaption, addictedness, addiction, adjustment, alcoholism, amphetamine withdrawal symptoms, barbiturate addiction, barbiturism, breaking, breaking-in, case hardening, chain smoking, chronic alcoholism, cocainism, conditioning, crash, craving, dependence, dipsomania, domestication, drug addiction, drug culture, drug dependence, familiarization, hardening, housebreaking, inurement, naturalization, nicotine addiction, orientation, physical dependence, psychological dependence, seasoning, taming, tolerance, training, withdrawal sickness, withdrawal symptoms Matching Word(s) Habitation habitation HABITATION
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