habitude

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Bruhat’s first word of the night was habitude, which means one’s “usual disposition or mode of behavior or procedure.”

From New York Times • May 30, 2024

I believe the former, and consider it the result of an acquired psychical habitude.

From The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals by Weir, James

Of old habitude and constant association instilled a religion—the religion of obedience, the religion of esprit de corps.

From Men, Women and Guns by McNeile, H. C. (Herman Cyril)

This undoubted fact in Lincoln's mental habitude is a signal and significant factor, to be held in careful estimation in a final judgment of Lincoln's character.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.

With one further evil effect, perhaps the worst, of the habitude of ceaseless parental giving, I have dealt elsewhere.

From Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home by Wise, Stephen