habitus

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At the Washington Post, Michele Norris, who is a friend of Michelle Obama, reflects on how the First Lady’s speech, habitus, and gifted insights are channeled through her experiences as a Black woman.

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2024

The Mackey family habitus is characterized by great pride in hard work, and a healthy skepticism of cushy lifestyles and anyone without calluses on their hands.

From Seattle Times • May 6, 2023

“Courage is a habitus, a habit, a virtue: You get it by courageous acts,” she writes.

From The Guardian • Oct. 26, 2017

Even in this brutish habitus, there is trust, loyalty, and love.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 28, 2016

And the state runneth the danger of that which Tacitus saith; Atque is habitus animorum fuit, ut pessimum facinus auderent pauci, plures vellent, omnes paterentur.

From The Essays of Francis Bacon by Bacon, Francis