habitus
Americannoun
noun
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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; see 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
Unde qualitates simplices elementorum, quae secundum unum modum determinatum naturis elementorum conveniunt, non dicimus dispositiones vel habitus, sed simplices qualitates.”—St.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
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