habituation
Example Sentences
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It just seems as though through habit, habituation, comfort-sleepwalking, or myopia, we are so narrowly focused on this small tranche of cases and still treat the justices as oracles.
From Slate • Oct. 5, 2024
In addition, binging on breakup songs can be part of “a habituation process” that reduces the intensity of feelings associated with a romantic split, Sbarra said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2024
We also noticed that habituation and change occurs, comparable to the aforementioned example of the new building.
From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2024
Mpungwe and his family are among the last remaining eastern lowland gorillas in DR Congo, and the ultimate aim of habituation is to save them from extinction.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2024
It is a matter of habituation, which takes time, and which can at the same time be neutralised in some degree by indoctrination.
From An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation by Veblen, Thorstein