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habitude

habitude

9.9
A regular way that a person behaves often without thinking
  • noun
  • /ˈhæbɪˌtjuːd/
translation icon : hábito
  • The artist's creative habitude involved working late into the night, producing new pieces regularly.

Examples

  • Many people struggle to change their eating habitude when starting a new diet.

  • Les vieilles habitudes sont tenaces.

  • By mid-century, Goodwin's argumentative habitude was already notorious.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Ici, nous avons nos habitudes.

  • These standards are in keeping with Dewey's commitment to lifelong learning: "The important thing for education is the exercise or practice of the faculties of the mind till they become thoroughly established habitudes" (Dewey, 1944, p. 35).

    Academic text (2006)
  • His daily meditation has become a vital part of his morning habitude.

Synonyms

pattern
vshabitude
2.3

A regular way of doing something that repeats over time

focuses more on customary conduct and behaviour than general regularity
habit
vshabitude
630 1.0

A regular action you do often without thinking

is a wider customary pattern of conduct rather than a single automatic act
routine
vshabitude
354 1.0

A regular way of doing things

is more about customary conduct rather than a fixed schedule or procedure
ritual
vshabitude
118 4.4

A regular pattern of actions done as a habit or custom

is less formal and covers everyday customary conduct not only set actions
groove
vshabitude
  • Informal
62 5.6

A regular way of doing things that becomes hard to change

is more neutral, covering customary conduct without implying dullness
mannerism
vshabitude
19 5.3

A usual way of behaving, speaking, or moving that makes a person easy to recognize

is more general, applying to common customary conduct across people
second nature
vshabitude
  • Informal
15 3.5

A habit or skill that feels automatic after a lot of practice

is broader, covering general customary conduct not only automatic skills
force of habit
vshabitude
4 3.5

To do something without thinking because you do it very often

is a general customary pattern rather than the tendency causing automatic action
wont
vshabitude
  • Archaic
2 9.3

A usual way a person does things

is a general customary pattern rather than a personal usual action
routineness
vshabitude
4.7

Days or tasks happen the same way again and again

emphasizes customary conduct, not only the quality of being repetitive

Antonyms

13 5.1

A lack of regular pattern or evenness

1 4.7

Behavior that does not follow the usual rules of a group

How Habitual

routine
354 1.0
habitude
9.9
habit
630 1.0
one-off
8 5.6

Surface Forms

habitude singular
habitudes plural

Morphology

habitude = habit (semi-transparent) = habit + tude

The relation to 'habit' is clear, but the Latinate suffix '-tude' is formal/rare and may not be productive or fully transparent to average learners.

Etymology

Habitude comes from the Latin habitus, from habere meaning 'to have', and it shares the same root as the everyday word habit. So a habitude is a way of behaving you 'have' regularly, a usual pattern of action.