habitus
Americannoun
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habitus
plural
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
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of habitus
1885–90; < New Latin, Latin; see habit 1
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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
Fine or deep qualities may, however, be expressed; for dignity, poise, intelligence, sorrow, and active joy make themselves manifest in the total habitus of the body no less than in the face.
From The Principles of Aesthetics by Dewitt H. Parker
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