Habitual
adjective
Done regularly or often.
She is a habitual latecomer.
adjective
Having a habit of doing something.
He is a habitual smoker.
adjective
Commonly used or done.
She put the keys in their habitual place.
adjective
Usually or often doing something mentioned.
Psychologists analyze a person's habitual behavior to understand their personality.
adjective
Occurring repeatedly or frequently.
Habitual criminals are often given longer sentences.
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Academic
adjective
Done regularly or often.
She is a habitual latecomer.
adjective
Having a habit of doing something.
He is a habitual smoker.
adjective
Commonly used or done.
She put the keys in their habitual place.
adjective
Usually or often doing something mentioned.
Psychologists analyze a person's habitual behavior to understand their personality.
adjective
Occurring repeatedly or frequently.
Habitual criminals are often given longer sentences.
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Frequency Implication
The word 'habitual' implies that someone does something so frequently, it's almost automatic for them.
Skipping breakfast has become a habitual act for him.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Nuance
'Habitual' can carry a negative tone, suggesting an unwelcome or annoying action.
Her habitual complaining is draining for everyone.
Pro Tip 1/2Frequency Implication
The word 'habitual' implies that someone does something so frequently, it's almost automatic for them.
Skipping breakfast has become a habitual act for him.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Nuance
'Habitual' can carry a negative tone, suggesting an unwelcome or annoying action.
Her habitual complaining is draining for everyone.
Pro Tip 1/2Frequency Implication
The word 'habitual' implies that someone does something so frequently, it's almost automatic for them.
Skipping breakfast has become a habitual act for him.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Nuance
'Habitual' can carry a negative tone, suggesting an unwelcome or annoying action.
Her habitual complaining is draining for everyone.
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The psychology of evil PIPE...
Dehumanization of others. De-individuation of self. Diffusion of personal responsibility. Blind obedience to authority. Uncritical conformity to group norms. Passive tolerance of evil through inaction, or indifference. And it happens when you're in a new or unfamiliar situation. Your habitual response patterns don't work.
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How to lead a...
so deeply divided -- when we live in a world in which cousins and aunts and uncles can't talk to one another, when we often live in separate and distinct news ecosystems, and when we reflexively and habitually malign and dismiss those with whom we disagree?
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Daniel Libeskind's 17...
which is so enigmatic and so rich, and create something in the real world. Create a space for an office, a space of sustainability that really works between that virtuality and yet can be realized as something real. Unexpected versus habitual.
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Safari Live - Day 308 PIPE...
Jennifer and potentially to the other reserves that are around us the hyena clan of the world the Juma clan is known as the Juma clan just because they tend to spend a lot of time here so if there is if it's not a habitual for them to
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Let's Talk About Clean...
that the world is actually rich with the potential for power and that it's very possible that the way we imagine the generation of energy the way we imagine how we create energy we can consume is habitual we've fallen into routines we
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Art that reveals how...
we could use it to make the world connected again by breaking the existing model and going beyond it. By exploring how we interface with these technologies, we could step out of our habitual, almost machine-like behavior
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Protecting Leopards From...
and they try and survive or fits and injure them or a very old animal but the perception is very often that every cheetah every leopard every hyena is a habitual livestock raider or killer and those perceptions we
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How Boredom Can Lead to...
the more likely they are to check Facebook. So we're in this vicious, habitual cycle. But could this cycle be broken? What would happen if we broke this vicious cycle? Maybe my listeners could help me find out.
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Daydreaming: The bridge...
chipmunk cheeks Oh daydreaming most people think it's just idle reverie a lapse and attention but what if it's actually the habitual practice of imagining the practice of
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Most Unusual Mating...
love is in the air these birds are part of a habitual group
Video examples
The psychology of evil PIPE...
Dehumanization of others. De-individuation of self. Diffusion of personal responsibility. Blind obedience to authority. Uncritical conformity to group norms. Passive tolerance of evil through inaction, or indifference. And it happens when you're in a new or unfamiliar situation. Your habitual response patterns don't work.
Video examples
How to lead a...
so deeply divided -- when we live in a world in which cousins and aunts and uncles can't talk to one another, when we often live in separate and distinct news ecosystems, and when we reflexively and habitually malign and dismiss those with whom we disagree?
Video examples
Daniel Libeskind's 17...
which is so enigmatic and so rich, and create something in the real world. Create a space for an office, a space of sustainability that really works between that virtuality and yet can be realized as something real. Unexpected versus habitual.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 308 PIPE...
Jennifer and potentially to the other reserves that are around us the hyena clan of the world the Juma clan is known as the Juma clan just because they tend to spend a lot of time here so if there is if it's not a habitual for them to
Video examples
Let's Talk About Clean...
that the world is actually rich with the potential for power and that it's very possible that the way we imagine the generation of energy the way we imagine how we create energy we can consume is habitual we've fallen into routines we
Video examples
Art that reveals how...
we could use it to make the world connected again by breaking the existing model and going beyond it. By exploring how we interface with these technologies, we could step out of our habitual, almost machine-like behavior
Video examples
Protecting Leopards From...
and they try and survive or fits and injure them or a very old animal but the perception is very often that every cheetah every leopard every hyena is a habitual livestock raider or killer and those perceptions we
Video examples
How Boredom Can Lead to...
the more likely they are to check Facebook. So we're in this vicious, habitual cycle. But could this cycle be broken? What would happen if we broke this vicious cycle? Maybe my listeners could help me find out.
Video examples
Daydreaming: The bridge...
chipmunk cheeks Oh daydreaming most people think it's just idle reverie a lapse and attention but what if it's actually the habitual practice of imagining the practice of
Video examples
Most Unusual Mating...
love is in the air these birds are part of a habitual group
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Quote examples
Pierre Loti
French Writer
I am sure that the sad days and happenings were rare, and that I lived the joyous and careless life of other children; but just because the happy days were so habitual to me they made no impression upon my mind, and I can no longer recall them.
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Graham Greene
British Novelist
People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage to walk with any kind of bearing towards another person's habitual misery.
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Humphry Davy
British Scientist
Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.
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William Hazlitt
English Critic
Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted.
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Marcus Aurelius
Roman Leader
Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.
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Sallust
Roman Historian
In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.
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Eustace Budgell
English Writer
Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.
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Mark Twain
American Writer
A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.
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Gary Ryan Blair
American Businessman
Advancement only comes with habitually doing more than you are asked.
Quote examples
Pierre Loti
French Writer
I am sure that the sad days and happenings were rare, and that I lived the joyous and careless life of other children; but just because the happy days were so habitual to me they made no impression upon my mind, and I can no longer recall them.
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Graham Greene
British Novelist
People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage to walk with any kind of bearing towards another person's habitual misery.
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Humphry Davy
British Scientist
Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.
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William Hazlitt
English Critic
Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted.
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Marcus Aurelius
Roman Leader
Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.
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Sallust
Roman Historian
In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.
Quote examples
Eustace Budgell
English Writer
Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.
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Mark Twain
American Writer
A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.
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Gary Ryan Blair
American Businessman
Advancement only comes with habitually doing more than you are asked.
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