HABITUATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does habituation mean? 

• HABITUATION (noun)
  The noun HABITUATION has 2 senses:

1. being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

2. a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions

  Familiarity information: HABITUATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HABITUATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

addiction; dependance; dependence; dependency; habituation

Hypernyms ("habituation" is a kind of...):

physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)

Domain category:

narcotic (a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "habituation"):

drug addiction; white plague (an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug))

Derivation:

habituate (make psychologically or physically used (to something))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("habituation" is a kind of...):

accommodation; adjustment; fitting (making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances)

Derivation:

habituate (make psychologically or physically used (to something))