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habit

noun

1 habit

An established custom:
— It was their habit to dine at 7 every evening.

synonym: wont.

Roget 613: habit, habitude; assuetude, assuefaction, wont; run, way.    common state of things, general state of things, natural state of things, ordinary state of things, ordinary course of things, ordinary run of things; matter of course; ... show more

Roget 5: intrinsicality, inbeing, inherence, inhesion; subjectiveness; ego; egohood; essence, noumenon; essentialness etc. adj.; essential part, quintessence, ... show more

Roget 225: clothing, investment; covering etc. 223; dress, raiment, drapery, costume, attire, guise, toilet, toilette, trim; ... show more

Dutch: gewoonte
Polish: nawyknienie

2 habit

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.

synonym: use.

Dutch: gewoonte, ritueel

3 habit

A distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order.

Dutch: habijt, kap, monnikengewaad, monnikspij, ordekleed, pij
Polish: habit

4 habit

The general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal).

Dutch: pij, automatisme, tic

5 habit

Attire that is typically worn by a horseback rider (especially a woman's attire).

synonym: riding habit.

6 habit

Excessive use of drugs.

synonyms: drug abuse, substance abuse.

Dutch: drugsmisbruik

verb

1 habit

Put a habit on.


Moby thesaurus: a habit, accouter, acquired tolerance, acute alcoholism, addictedness, addiction, alcoholism, amphetamine withdrawal symptoms, apparel, array, attire, attitude, automatism, bad habit, barbiturate addiction, barbiturism, bedizenment, bent, bib and tucker, body-build ... show more.

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