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Habituation

Habituation Meaning & Definition
Habituation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Habituation?

[n] a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions
[n] being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Habituation: addiction | dependence | dependency

Related Terms | Find terms related to Habituation: a habit | acclimation | acclimatization | accommodation | accustoming | acquired tolerance | acute alcoholism | adaption | addictedness | addiction | adjustment | alcoholism | amphetamine withdrawal symptoms | barbiturate addiction | barbiturism | breaking | breaking-in | case hardening | chain smoking | chronic alcoholism | cocainism | conditioning | crash | craving | dependence | dipsomania | domestication | drug addiction | drug culture | drug dependence | familiarization | hardening | housebreaking | inurement | naturalization | nicotine addiction | orientation | physical dependence | psychological dependence | seasoning | taming | tolerance | training | withdrawal sickness | withdrawal symptoms

See Also | accommodation | drug addiction | physiological condition | physiological state | white plague

Habituation In Webster's Dictionary

\Ha*bit`u*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. habituation.] The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated.

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