habit-forming
[hab-it-fawr-ming]
- tending to cause or encourage addiction, especially through physiological dependence: habit-forming drugs.
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Origin of habit-forming
First recorded in 1895–1900
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Examples from the Web for habit-forming
Contemporary Examples
It is like a habit-forming drug that, in victory, saps your elation and, in defeat, deepens your despair.
Historical Examples
Habit-forming and insidious in character, they are an actual menace.
Habit-forming work has the reputation of being dull and tedious.
The Principles of Language-StudyHarold E. Palmer
Organic instincts and organic retention, or habit-forming, are undeniable factors in actual experience.
Creative IntelligenceJohn Dewey, Addison W. Moore, Harold Chapman Brown, George H. Mead, Boyd H. Bode, Henry Waldgrave, Stuart James, Hayden Tufts, Horace M. Kallen
So-called non-alcoholic bottled beverages often contain alcohol or a habit-forming drug and are usually colored with aniline.
The Holy EarthL. H. Bailey
All habit-forming involves the beginning of an intellectual specialization which if unchecked ends in thoughtless action.
Human Nature and ConductJohn Dewey
habit-forming
- (of an activity, indulgence, etc) tending to become a habit or addiction
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Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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habit-forming
- Capable of leading to physiological or psychological dependence.
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