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habituation

noun

1 habituation

Being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs).

synonyms: addiction, dependance, dependence, dependency.

Roget 82: conformity, conformance; observance; habituation.    naturalization; conventionality etc. (custom) 613; agreement etc. 23.    example, instance, ... show more

Dutch: afhankelijkheid, nood, gewenning, verslaafdheid, verslaving
Polish: habituacja

2 habituation

A general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions.


Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.

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