habit

Definition for habit

noun as in tendency, practice

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custom, manner, mode, nature, obsession, pattern, quirk, routine, style, thing, usage

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addiction, bent, bias, constitution, consuetude, convention, dependence, disposition, fashion, fixation, gravitation, groove, habitude, impulsion, inclination, makeup, mannerism, penchant, persuasion, praxis, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, rule, rut, set, susceptibility, turn, use, way, weakness, wont

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assuetude, fixed attitude, frame of mind, hangup, second nature

noun as in dress, clothing, often for a particular purpose

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apparel, costume, garb, garment, habiliment, robe, vestment

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riding clothes

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I recall a friend telling me that she brings her own silverware with her everywhere, a habit that would not have been out of place among the 18th century upper classes.

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It’s not my habit to preface my columns with “trigger alerts,” so this is a first:

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“Her habit is to clutch privacy about her like a shawl,” Time Magazine wrote in 1977, the year that “Annie Hall” and “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” established Keaton as a kooky sweetheart with serious range.

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At the same time, Orlean had a habit of pressing forward.

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The neurochemicals involved in this process are different than those mediating habit formation and include a chemical messenger called noradrenaline and internally produced opioids such as endorphins.

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