habitus
Americannoun
plural
habitusnoun
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med general physical state, esp with regard to susceptibility to disease
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tendency or inclination, esp of plant or animal growth; habit
Etymology
Origin of habitus
1885–90; < New Latin, Latin; habit 1
Example Sentences
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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
For too many people who have huge libraries, the whole project is one of social signaling and bourgeois habitus.
From Salon • Jan. 17, 2022
“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
Habitus autem proportionantur operationibus; unde ex similibus actibus similes habitus causantur, ut dicitur in 2 Ethic., cap.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
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