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Habituation

noun

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.

A general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions.

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"Habituation" Quotes from Famous Books

... "light-heartedness" is another. And sometimes light-heartedness means nothing better than a vague expectation that "something will turn up." Perhaps what does turn up is a weary and distracting struggle with debt, and a gradual habituation to a not very creditable life upon the means of others, who very likely can spare only with difficulty what comes at length to be taken without gratitude. I beseech my Brother to "suffer the ...

— To My Younger Brethren - Chapters on Pastoral Life and Work • Handley C. G. Moule

... be Tu-Kila-Kila?" Felix asked, turning round upon him quickly. Habituation to danger had made him unnaturally alert ...

— The Great Taboo • Grant Allen

... old eyes, keen as they were from habituation to the blinding light of the desert. Yes, the star ...

— The Man Who Rocked the Earth • Arthur Train

... had gone by it seemed as if no amount of habituation could dull the edge of the sickening disgust which continually assailed her sense and womanly instincts. The smells were as nauseating, the sights as repulsive, the sounds of misery as saddening as the day when she first set ...

— The Red Acorn • John McElroy