habituation

From Middle English habituacioun, from Medieval Latin habituātio.

IPA^(key): /həˌbɪt.juˈeɪ.ʃən/, /həˌbɪt͡ʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/, /həˌbɪt͡ʃ.ʊˈeɪ.ʃən/
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Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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habituation (countable and uncountable, plural habituations)

The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated.
- 2017, Michael Alvear, The Bulletproof Author:
  Cultivating it on a regular basis improves our attitude towards writing and makes us more resilient. But in order to make it work we have to 'unadapt' to the habituation that familiarity can bring, […]
(psychology) The process of becoming accustomed to an internal or external stimulus, such as a noxious smell or loud noise.
- 2015 August 29, “Decline in the Recovery from Synaptic Depression in Heavier Aplysia Results from Decreased Serotonin-Induced Novel PKC Activation”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:
  Habituation and dishabituation allow for experience-dependent tuning of these reflexes and the mechanisms underlying these forms of behavioral plasticity involve changes in transmitter release from the sensory to motor neuron synapses through homosynaptic depression and the serotonin-mediated recovery from depression, respectively.

act of habituating, or accustoming

Bulgarian: свикване (bg) n (svikvane), приучване (bg) (priučvane)
Czech: habituace f
Dutch: gewenning (nl) f
Indonesian: habituasi (id)
Latin: cōnsuētūdō f
Polish: habituacja (pl) f
Russian: привыка́ние (ru) n (privykánije), приобрете́ние привычки n (priobreténije privyčki), приспособле́ние (ru) n (prisposoblénije), адапта́ция (ru) f (adaptácija)
Spanish: habituación (es) f

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